जोश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوش (jōš). Compare Bengali জোস (jōs).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoːʃ/

Noun

जोश • (joś) m (Urdu spelling جوش)

1. enthusiasm, zeal, ardour

   जब वह जोश में आता है तो काम झट से कर लेता है।

   jab vah joś mẽ ātā hai to kām jhaṭ se kar letā hai.

   When he is enthused he does his work all at once.

2. passion, excitement
3. (literal) boiling

Declension

Declension of जोश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जोश joś	जोश joś
oblique	जोश joś	जोशों jośõ
vocative	जोश joś	जोशो jośo

Derived terms

• जोशीला (jośīlā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जोश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 383