جھوٹ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From جُھوٹھ (jhūṭh) – a dated form, inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀽𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*jhūṭṭha).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]جُھوٹ • (jhūṭ) m (Hindi spelling झूठ)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of جھوٹ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) | جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) | ||||||
| oblique | جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) | جُھوٹوں (jhūṭõ) | ||||||
| vocative | جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) | جُھوٹو (jhūṭo) | ||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- جُھوٹ مُوٹ (jhūṭ-mūṭ)
References
[edit]- “جھوٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جھوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهوٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhūṭṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 299