جوہر

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوهر (jawhar), from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar), from Middle Persian gwhl (/⁠gōhr, gōhar⁠/, “substance, essence; jewel”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔː.ɦəɾ/

جَوہَر آباد • (jauhar ābād) m (Hindi spelling जौहर आबाद)

1. jewel, gem

   Synonym: رتن (ratan)

2. essence, meaning
3. atom

   Synonym: ذرہ

• جوہری (jauhrī)

From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (*jatugṛha).

جوہر • (jauhar) m (Hindi spelling जौहर) (rare)

1. self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
2. a funeral pyre