As a Hindi name
झ
हिंदी व्यंजन वर्णमाला का नवाँ और चवर्ग का चौथा वर्ण जिसका स्थान तालु है । यह स्पर्श वर्ण है और इसके उच्चारण में संवार, नाद और घोष प्रयत्न होते हैं । च, छ, ज, और ज्ञ इसके सवर्ण हैं — Śabdasāgara
झ · noun · masculine
झँझावात । वर्षा मिली हुई तेज आँधी · सुरगुरु । बृहस्पति · दैत्यराज — Śabdasāgara
झ · jha · s.m.
the ninth consonant of the Nāgarī alphabet and the aspirate of the letter ja — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 399
झ
the ninth consonant in Hindi
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
playing a tune, beating time
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jha" is the vocative of "jhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. jha the 9th consonant (aspirate of the preceding). =
2. jha mfn. asleep, L.
jha m. playing a tune, beating time, L.
a sound like the splashing of water or clashing of symbols, jingling, clanking, L.
wind accompanied by rain, L.
jhā f. a water-fall, L.
Caveats
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