Urdu

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Etymology

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From جُھوٹھ (jhūṭh) – a dated form, inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀽𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*jhūṭṭha).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جُھوٹ (jhūṭm (Hindi spelling झूठ)

  1. lie, fib, falsehood, fabrication

Declension

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    Declension of جھوٹ
singular plural
direct جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
oblique جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) جُھوٹوں (jhūṭõ)
vocative جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) جُھوٹو (jhūṭo)

Derived terms

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References

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  • جھوٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • جھوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهوٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhūṭṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 299
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