नहला
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably formed by analogy to दहला (dahlā, “ten (in cards)”) from नौ (nau, “nine”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]नहला • (nahlā) m (Urdu spelling نہلا)
- (card games) a nine
Declension
[edit]Declension of नहला (masc ā-stem)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text) | ||||||
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इक्का (ikkā) | दुक्की (dukkī) | तिक्की (tikkī) | चौका (caukā) | पंजा (pañjā) | छक्का (chakkā) | सत्ता (sattā) |
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) | नहला (nahlā) | दहला (dahlā) | ग़ुलाम (ġulām) | रानी (rānī) बेगम (begam) |
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) |
जोकर (jokar) |
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नहला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press