ज्वर
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit ज्वर (jvára), from the root verb ज्वर् (jvar, “to be hot with fever or passion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒʋəɾ/
Noun
ज्वर • (jvar) m (Urdu spelling جور)
- fever (abnormally high body temperature)
- तुम्हारा ज्वर चढ़ गया है।
- Your fever has gone up.
- इस रोगी में विषम ज्वर के लक्षण प्रकट हैं।
- This patient is showing symptoms of acute fever.
Synonyms
- बुख़ार (buxār)
Derived terms
- ज्वरमय (jvarmay, “feverish, afflicted with fever”)
- जीर्णज्वर (jīrṇajvar, “chronic fever”)
- पित्तज्वर (pittajvar, “bilious fever”)
- प्रसूतिज्वर (prasūtijvar, “post-delivery fever”)
- आरक्त ज्वर (ārakt jvar, “scarlet fever”)
- परागज ज्वर (parāgaj jvar, “hayfever”)
- मस्तिष्क ज्वर (mastiṣk jvar, “meningitis, brain fever”)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “ज्वर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “ज्वर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ज्वर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
Sanskrit
Descendants
- Telugu: జ్వరము (jvaramu)
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