જળવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Gujarati verb set
જળવું (jaḷvũ)
જાળવું (jāḷvũ)
જળાવવું (jaḷāvvũ)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH-

Sanskrit ज्वल् (jval)

Sanskrit ज्वलति (jvalati)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀮𑀇 (jalaï)

Old Gujarati जलिवउं (jalivaüṃ)

Gujarati જળવું (jaḷvũ)

Inherited from Old Gujarati जलिवउं (jalivaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀚𑀮𑀇 (jalaï), from Sanskrit જ્વલતિ (jválati).

Cognates

Cognate with Konkani जळ्चे (j̈aḷce), Marathi जळणे (j̈aḷṇe), Hindi जलना (jalnā), Punjabi ਜਲਣਾ / جَلݨا (jalṇā), Nepali जल्नु (jalnu), Assamese জলা (zola).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəɭ.ʋũ/
• Hyphenation: જળ‧વું
• Rhymes: -ũ

Verb

જળવું • (jaḷvũ) (intransitive)

1. to burn

   Synonyms: બળવું (baḷvũ), સળગવું (saḷgavũ)

Derived terms

• જળજળવું (jaḷjaḷvũ)

Further reading

More information

• “જળવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “જળવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “જળવું”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “જળવું”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 764
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jválati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 292