निर्जल nirjal
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
Without water, dry, anhydrous.
Usual translation
- without water
Origin of the definition
निर्जल nirjala nirjal (a) anhydrous; without water; dry; ~लीय non-aqueous; ~ल व्रत a fast wherein taking of even water is forbidden.
S نرجل निर्जल nir-jal, adj. (f. -ā), Without water, waterless, dry, desert; — not mixed with water (as milk, &c.); — s.m. A desert, waste; — a fast in which water even is not to be drunk: — nirjalaikādaśī (˚la+ek), s.f. Name of the eleventh day in the light half of the month Jeṭh (May-June), on which even the drinking of water is forbidden; the fast of that day: — nir-jal karnā, To go without food and water, to keep a rigid fast.
S نس निस् nis, prep. or prefix, Out, forth, out of, away from, &c.; — no, not; without; dis-; -less (nis is changed euphonically to nir, nih̥ (in Urdū نِه ni), niś, nish, or ni, according to the letter which follows).
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
6 occurrences
In 5 on 2386 murlis
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- Monday 22 November 2021
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