जेल jēl

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

(from english 'jail') Prison, jail/gaol.

Usual translation

  1. jail

Origin of the definition

jail (anglais)

Jail.

जेल jēla jel (nf) a prison, jail/gaol; —काटना to suffer imprisonment, to be put behind the bars; —की रोटीयाँ तोड़ना to suffer imprisonment; to be in jail; —की हवा खाना to suffer imprisonment, to go behind the bars.

H جيل जेल jel [S. जाल], s.m. A row, string, line; a string or line of captives chained together; the string or chain of buckets passed over the Persian wheel.

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Mamma

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Sunday 14 July 2024
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