जळ्हु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জল়্হু (Assamese script)
• ᬚळ᭄ᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
• জল়্হু (Bengali script)
• 𑀚𑀴𑁆𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဇဠှု (Burmese script)
• જળ્હુ (Gujarati script)
• ਜਲ਼੍ਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌳𑍍𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦗळ꧀ꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಳ್ಹು (Kannada script)
• ជឡ្ហុ (Khmer script)
• ຊຬ຺ຫຸ (Lao script)
• ജള്ഹു (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠠळ्ᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘯𑘿𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠ᠋ळ्ᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧏𑧠𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖ळ𑑂𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଜଳ୍ହୁ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢳ꣄ꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆭𑇀𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕ळ𑖿𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ජළ‍්හු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣ळ 𑪙𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஜள்ஹு (Tamil script)
• జళ్హు (Telugu script)
• ชฬฺหุ (Thai script)
• ཛळྷུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒪𑓃𑓂𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥ळ𑩇𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain.

• According to Turner, probably of substrate origin. The original Ṛgvedic meaning appears to be "dull" or "foolish".
• According to proponents of Fortunatov's law, possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gél-dʰ-u- (“cold”) via Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́álḍʰuṣ. This would connect this term with जड (jaḍa) (which more clearly means "cold"), as well as English cold and Latin gelidus.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ́.ɭ̆ʱu/

Adjective

जळ्हु • (jáḷhu) stem (hapax)

1. dull, foolish
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.61.11:

     न पा॒पासो॑ मनामहे॒ नारा॑यासो॒ न जळ्ह॑वः

     ná pāpā́so manāmahe nā́rāyāso ná jáḷhavaḥ

     We count not then as sinners, nor as niggardly or foolish men

2. (?) cold

Declension

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References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जळ्हु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 416.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Burrow, Thomas (1972) “A Reconsideration of Fortunatov's Law”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎^[1], volume 35, number 3, page 542 of 531–545