जलसा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jalsa), from Arabic جَلْسَة (jalsa). Cognate with Bengali জলসা (jolośa), Punjabi ਜਲਸਾ (jalsā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.sɑː/, [d͡ʒɐl.säː]

Noun

जलसा • (jalsā) m (Urdu spelling جلسہ)

session, sitting, meeting
gathering, function

Declension

Declension of जलसा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जलसा jalsā	जलसे jalse
oblique	जलसे jalse	जलसों jalsõ
vocative	जलसे jalse	जलसो jalso

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जलसा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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