جھیل
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu جِھیل (jhīl), from Prakrit *𑀛𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*jhilla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: cī̀l IPA(key): /t͡ʃiː˥˩lᵊ/
Noun
جِھیل • (jhīl) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਝੀਲ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جِھیل (jhiel) | جِھیلاں (jhielāṉ) |
| oblique | جِھیل (jhiel) | جِھیلاں (jhielāṉ) |
| vocative | جِھیلے (jhiele) | جِھیلو (jhielo) |
| ablative | جِھیلوں (jhieloṉ) | جِھیلاں (jhielāṉ) |
| locative | جِھیلی (jhielī) | جِھیلِیں (jhielīṉ) |
| instrumental | جِھیلِیں (jhielīṉ) | جِھیلے (jhiele) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھِیل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جھیل”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਝੀਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jhilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Noun
جھیل • (jhīl) f (Hindi spelling झील)