جھولی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀛𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀆 (jholiā), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀛𑁄𑀮- (*jhola-, bag).

Pronunciation

Noun

جھولی • (jholīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਝੋਲੀ)

  1. lap
  2. a cradle of cloth (attached to a charpoy or a bed)
  3. a small sack

Declension

Declension of جھولی
singular plural
direct جھولی (jholī) جھولِیاں (jholīyāṉ)
oblique جھولی (jholī) جھولِیاں (jholīyāṉ)
vocative جھولِیے (jholiye) جھولِیو (jholīv)
ablative جھولِیوں (jholīvṉ) جھولِیاں (jholīyāṉ)
locative
instrumental

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھولی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਝੋਲੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jhōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press