जोरू

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi जोरू (jorū), from Prakrit जुअइ (juaï, “young woman”) + रूअ (rūa, “beauty”). The first part shares origin with जोई (joī, “wife (archaic)”). Cognate with Bengali জরু (joru).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoː.ɾuː/

Noun

जोरू • (jorū) f

wife
Synonyms: पत्नी (patnī), बीवी (bīvī)

Declension

Declension of *जोरू* (fem ū-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	जोरू jorū	जोरुएँ joruẽ
oblique	जोरू jorū	जोरुओं joruõ
vocative	जोरू jorū	जोरुओ joruo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जोरू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press