जिल्द

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (jild), from Arabic جِلْد‎ (jild).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪld̪/, [d͡ʒɪl̪d̪]

Noun

जिल्द • (jild) f (Urdu spelling جلد‎)

binding (the spine of a book, by which pages are held together)
hide, skin (the outer layer of a living thing)
Synonyms: चमड़ा (camṛā), त्वचा (tvacā)

Declension

Declension of जिल्द (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिल्द jild	जिल्दें jildẽ
oblique	जिल्द jild	जिल्दों jildõ
vocative	जिल्द jild	जिल्दो jildo

References

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

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