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.

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. · m.

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

  1. 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.

Created
Saturday 28 August 2021
Updated
Tuesday 18 August 2026