As a Hindi name
झल्लरी · noun · feminine
हुड़ुक नाम का बाजा · झाँझ · पसीना । स्वेद — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "झल्लरी" is झल्लर + -ई: झल्लर means "(prov.), A water-wheel, a Persian wheel (syn. rahaṭ)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "झल्लरी" is झल्लर + -ई: झल्लर means "(prov.), A water-wheel, a Persian wheel (syn. rahaṭ)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "झल्लरी" is झल्लर + -ई: झल्लर means "(prov.), A water-wheel, a Persian wheel (syn. rahaṭ)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of musical instrument, sort of drum or cymbal (cf. jhalarī, jharjharī)
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Dictionary citations
jhallarī f. a kind of musical instrument, sort of drum or cymbal (cf. jhalarī, jharjharī), Hariv. iii, 52, 2; Jain.; Kād.
(ifc. ˚rīka), Hcar.
a curl, L.
moisture, L.
a ball &c. of perfumed substances used for cleaning the hair, L., Sch.
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