झूमर

Hindi

Etymology

Deverbal from झूमना (jhūmnā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱuː.məɾ/, [d͡ʒʱuː.mɐɾ]

Noun

झूमर • (jhūmar) m

1. chandelier
2. an ornament for the forehead or side of the head (a number or a series of chains, forming a fringe)
3. a ring dance; a type of song (as accompanying this dance, or sung at marriages, or at the Holi festival etc.)
4. a wooden/woolen toy(or as a decoration) with balls hanging from the main body
5. a gathering, assembly, company, band; an encircling, crowd
6. (qalandar's language) running with rope after making a bear stand
7. kind of hammer used by carriage-driver
8. Jhoomra tala

Declension

Declension of झूमर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	झूमर jhūmar	झूमर jhūmar
oblique	झूमर jhūmar	झूमरों jhūmarõ
vocative	झूमर jhūmar	झूमरो jhūmaro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “झूमर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “झूमर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha