रूमाल

See also: रमल

Hindi

Alternative forms

रुमाल (rumāl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (rū-māl, literally “face-wiper”). Compare Assamese ৰুমাল (rumal), Bengali রুমাল (rumal), Gujarati રૂમાલ (rūmāl), Malayalam ഉറുമാൽ (uṟumāl), Marathi रुमाल (rumāl), Punjabi ਰੁਮਾਲ (rumāl).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾuː.mɑːl/, [ɾuː.mäːl]

Noun

रूमाल • (rūmāl) m (Urdu spelling رومال)

Declension

Declension of *रूमाल* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	रूमाल rūmāl	रूमाल rūmāl
oblique	रूमाल rūmāl	रूमालों rūmālõ
vocative	रूमाल rūmāl	रूमालो rūmālo

Descendants

→ English: romal, rumal

References

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