जौहर
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔː.ɦəɾ/, [d͡ʒɔː.ɦɐɾ]
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (*jatugṛha). Compare Marwari जौहर (jauhar).
Noun
जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)
- self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
- funeral pyre
- Synonym: चिता (citā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जौहर jauhar |
जौहर jauhar |
| oblique | जौहर jauhar |
जौहरों jauharõ |
| vocative | जौहर jauhar |
जौहरो jauharo |
Derived terms
- जौहर करना (jauhar karnā, “to self-immolate”)
- जौहर होना (jauhar honā, “to die sacrificially”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar), from Middle Persian gwhl (/gōhr, gōhar/, “substance, essence; jewel”). Compare Bengali জওহর (joōhor), Punjabi ਜੌਹਰ (jauhar).
Noun
जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जौहर jauhar |
जौहर, जवाहर, जवाहिर, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात jauhar, javāhar, javāhir, javāhirāt, javāharāt |
| oblique | जौहर jauhar |
जौहरों, जवाहरों, जवाहिरों, जवाहिरातों, जवाहरातों jauharõ, javāharõ, javāhirõ, javāhirātõ, javāharātõ |
| vocative | जौहर jauhar |
जौहरो, जवाहरो, जवाहिरो, जवाहिरातो, जवाहरातो jauharo, javāharo, javāhiro, javāhirāto, javāharāto |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जौहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *जतुघर (*jatughara). Cognate with Hindustani जौहर / جَوہَر (jauhar).
Noun
जौहर (jauhar) m
- (historical) jauhar (self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: જૌહર (jauhar)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jatughara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- “जौहर”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2025
- “जौहर”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015