जलवा

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (jelve), from Arabic جَلْوَة‎ (jalwa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.ʋɑː/

Noun

जलवा • (jalvā) m (Urdu spelling جلوہ‎)

beauty, splendour, light
जलवा-ए-माशूक़ ― jalvā-e-māśūq ― the light of [one's] beloved (poetic)

References

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

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