जलावतन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَلَا وَطَن (jalā watan) / جَلَای وَطَن (jalā-i watan), from جَلَا (jalā, “exile”) + وَطَن (watan). The second part is the ancestor of वतन (vatan, “country”). See there for more.
Pronunciation
(Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.lɑː.ʋə.t̪ən/, [d͡ʒɐ.läː.ʋɐ.t̪ɐ̃n]
Noun
जलावतन • (jalāvatan) m (Urdu spelling جلا وطن)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जलावतन jalāvatan |
जलावतन jalāvatan |
| oblique | जलावतन jalāvatan |
जलावतनों jalāvatanõ |
| vocative | जलावतन jalāvatan |
जलावतनो jalāvatano |
Adjective
जलावतन • (jalāvatan) (indeclinable)
Derived terms
- जलावतनी (jalāvatanī, “expulsion”)
- जलावतन करना (jalāvatan karnā, “to exile”)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जलावतन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press