جگنو

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa). Cognate with Maithili जोगनी (jōgᵊnī).

Pronunciation

Noun

جُگْنُو • (jugnū) m (Hindi spelling जुगनू)

  1. firefly
    Synonyms: کِرْمَکِ شَب تَاب‎ (kirmak-e shab tāb), (rare) کَھدْیوت‎ (khadyot), پَٹْبِیجْنا‎ (paṭbījnā)

Declension

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Further reading
  • “جگنو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جگنو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 230
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “jugnū”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 384
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jyōtiriṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 292
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