As a Hindi name
झलना
to wave, sway
Śabdasāgara also records: हलकी वर्षा · झालर, तोरण या बंदनवार आदि
Cited formation "झला" is झल + -आ: झल means "Warmth, heat (from a fire)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "झला" is झलना + -आ: झलना means "to wave, sway", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "झला" is झल + -आ: झल means "Warmth, heat (from a fire)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word of pra-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *झलइ (jhalaï), *झल्लइ (jhallaï). Cognate to Punjabi ਝੱਲਣਾ (jhallaṇā, “to fan”), Gujarati ઝાલવું (jhālvũ, “to hold, catch, seize”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a girl
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Dictionary citations
jhalā f. a girl, L.
sun-heat, L.
(= jhillī) a cricket (also jhālā, W.), L.
jhalā 1 A girl, daughter. 2 Sunshine, glittering light, splendour. 3 A cricket.
jhalā f. (-lā) 1 A daughter. 2 Sunshine, splendour, brilliant or glistering light. 3 A cricket; also jhālā.
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