تولیہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese toalha.

Pronunciation

Noun

تَولِیَہ • (tauliya) m (Hindi spelling तौलिया)

  1. towel
    نہانے کے بعد میں دو تولیے استعمال کرتا ہوں۔
    nahānē kē bād ma͠i dō tauliyē istemāl kartā hū̃.
    I use two towels after taking a shower.

Declension

Declension of تولیہ
singular plural
direct تَولِیَہ (tauliyah) تَولِیے (tauliye)
oblique تَولِیے (tauliye) تَولِیوں (tauliyõ)
vocative تَولِیے (tauliye) تَولِیو (tauliyo)

Descendants

  • → Pashto: تولیه
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā)
    Shahmukhi script: تَولِیا (taulīyā)

References

  • “تولیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “tauliyā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “توليہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • “tauliya”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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