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जल-थल एक होना

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Etymology

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Literally, of land and water to become one; from जल-थल (jal-thal, land and water), एक (ek, one), होना (honā, to become).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəl.t̪ʰəl eːk ɦoː.nɑː/, [d͡ʒɐl.t̪ʰɐl‿eːk‿ɦoː.näː]

Verb

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जल-थल एक होना (jal-thal ek honā)

  1. (idiomatic) of land to be submerged under water; of a deluge to set in
    • (Can we date this quote?), Upendranath Ashk, "लक्ष्मी का स्वागत" ["lakṣmī kā svāgat"]:
      रौशन : वर्षा हो रही है?
      सुरेन्द्र : मूसलाधार! जल-थल एक हो रहे हैं
      rauśan : varṣā ho rahī hai?
      surendra : mūslādhār! jal-thal ek ho rahe ha͠i.
      Raushan : Is it raining?
      Surendra : Torrentially! Water is submerging all the land.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Premchand, "खून सफेद" ["khūn saphed"]:
      बादल आते, घटाएँ उमड़तीं, ऐसा मालूम होता कि जल-थल एक हो जायेगा, परन्तु वे आशा की नहीं, दुःख की घटाएँ थीं।
      bādal āte, ghaṭāẽ umaṛtī̃, aisā mālūm hotā ki jal-thal ek ho jāyegā, parantu ve āśā kī nahī̃, duḥkh kī ghaṭāẽ thī̃.
      Clouds would rise and grow dense. It seemed that a deluge would set in, but they were not clouds of hope, but of sorrow.
    • 2001, Ghanshyam Ranjan, सरदारो [sardāro], Atmaram and Sons, translation of ਸਰਦਾਰੋ [sardāro] by Ram Sarup Ankhi, →ISBN, page 83:
      और फिर बरसा तो घनघोर ही बरसा। जल-थल एक हो गया। आसपास का पानी भी गड्ढे में इकट्ठा हो गया।
      aur phir barsā to ghanghor hī barsā. jal-thal ek ho gayā. āspās kā pānī bhī gaḍḍhe mẽ ikaṭṭhā ho gayā.
      And when it finally rained, it did so heavily. A deluge set in. The surrounding water also collected into the pit.

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “जल”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “जल-थल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.