झूठ-मूठ jhūṭh-mūṭh
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.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
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.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Lie, lying, falsehood.
Falsely, deceptively, feignedly.
Vainly, to no purpose, uselessly, needlessly.
Without ground or cause, without rhyme or reason.
Usual translation
- falsely
Origin of the definition
H جهوٿهہ झूठ jhūṭh [S. उच्छिष्टं; cf. also जुष्टं], s.m. Remains or leavings of food, orts, refuse, offal; that which has touched food and is thereby defiled; — defilement, pollution ( = jhūṭhā); — a lie, a falsehood; — adj. Lying, false, &c. (see jhūṭhā): — jhūṭh banānā, To frame or invent a lie: — jhūṭh bolnā, To tell a lie, to lie; lying, uttering a falsehood: — jhūṭh pakaṛnā (-kā), To detect falsehood; to convict (one) of a lie: — jhūṭh jānnā, To regard or consider as a lie, to disbelieve: — jhūṭh-sać, s.f. Invention, fabrication, misrepresentation, calumny: — jhūṭh-sać lagānā (-ko), To misrepresent, to calumniate: — jhūṭh lagānā (-ko), To say what is false (of), to lie (against), to calumniate: — jhūṭh-mūṭh, s.m. Lie, lying, falsehood; — adv. Falsely, deceptively, feignedly; vainly, to no purpose, uselessly, needlessly; without ground or cause, without rhyme or reason.
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- Saturday 28 August 2021
- Updated
- Tuesday 18 August 2026