کولہو
Urdu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀳𑀼𑀅 (*kŏlhua), from Sanskrit कुठर (kuṭhara). Compare Bengali কলু (kolu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /koːl.ɦuː/
Noun
[edit]کولْہُو • (kolhū) m (Hindi spelling कोल्हू)
- a bullock-driven oil mill
- کولْہُو کا بَیل
- kolhū kā bail
- (idiomatic) a very hardworking person / a person stuck in a circle or routine
Declension
[edit]| Declension of کولہو | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | کولْہُو (kolhū) | کولْہُو (kolhū) | ||||||
| oblique | کولْہُو (kolhū) | کولْہُووں (kolhūõ) | ||||||
| vocative | کولْہُو (kolhū) | کولْہُوو (kolhūo) | ||||||
References
[edit]- “کولہو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کولهو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कोल्हू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press