جھیل

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu جِھیل (jhīl), from Prakrit *𑀛𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*jhilla).

Pronunciation

Noun

جِھیل • (jhīlf (Gurmukhi spelling ਝੀਲ)

  1. lake, lagoon

Declension

Declension of جھیل
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 • (jhīlf (Hindi spelling झील)

  1. (geography) lake
    Synonym: دریاچہ (daryācā)
  2. lagoon
  3. pool
  4. swamp