As a Hindi name
झाला · noun · masculine
राजपूतों की एक जाति जो गुजरात और मारवाड़ में पाई जाती है · सितार बजाने में गत के अंत में द्रुत गति से बाज और चिकारी के जातों का झड़ा बजाना · बकझक । झँझाँ — Śabdasāgara
झाला · noun · feminine
दाह । ताप । जलव । छीस — Śabdasāgara
झाला · jhālā · s.m.
Local rain, rain which falls on one spot and not on another close to it — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 400
झाला
A fringe or frill; Jhalar, a type of earring with small dangling chains that resemble a fringe; The jhala, a fast-paced concluding segment of Hindustani classical music compositions that is often characterized by the overwhelming of the melodic component by the rhythmic component.; A Rajput caste which is prevalent in Gujarat and Rajasthan
Cited formation "झाला" is झाल + -आ: झाल means "fusing, soldering, welding", 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 "झाला" is झालना + -आ: झालना means "to solder, weld", 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 "झाला" is झाल + -आ: झाल means "fusing, soldering, welding", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Local rain, rain which falls on one spot and not on another close to it — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
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Dictionary citations
jhālā f. = jhalā, a cricket, W.
jhālā f. (-lā) See jhalā.
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