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झमेला

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Compare Bengali ঝামেলা (jhamela), Nepali झमेला (jhamelā, “entanglement; quarrel”), Sindhi [script needed] (jhamaku, “entanglement of trees”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʱə.meː.lɑː/, [d͡ʒʱɐ.meː.läː]

Noun

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झमेला • (jhamelā) m

  1. mess, confusion; trouble, affair
    Synonym: लफड़ा (laphṛā)
    यार हम कौन्से झमेले में उलझ गए?
    yār ham kaunse jhamele mẽ ulajh gae?
    What mess have we become tangled in my friend?

Declension

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Declension of झमेला (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct झमेला
jhamelā 		झमेले
jhamele
oblique झमेले
jhamele 		झमेलों
jhamelõ
vocative झमेले
jhamele 		झमेलो
jhamelo

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jhamm”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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