jhola
English
Etymology
Compare Hindi झोला (jholā), झूला (jhūlā); Nepali झोला (jholā); Bengali ঝোলা (jhola); Punjabi ਝੋਲ਼ਾ (jhoḷā).
Noun
jhola (plural jholas)
- (South Asia) a cloth sling bag, usually one considered cheap or simple
- 2001, M. Bhagat, Anaro and Other Stories, Orient Blackswan, →ISBN, page 25:
- Both would join in and chime, "Anaro, why do you always carry this jhola?" “ I carry this jhola to stash away the things I steal! I stow away your miserable things in this! Ask them , if I do not carry a jhola, just where do I keep my matches, bidis and small change?
- 2013 January 21, Namita Gokhale, Priya: In Incredible Indyaa, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
- Lenin has left his jhola behind. I shall return it to him when I see him next. It's filthy; maybe I should wash or dryclean it before that.
- 2014 January 1, Anjana Basu, In the Shadow of the Leaves, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), →ISBN, page 131:
- She drew her flowers together and put them into the dusty little jhola she carried. It was stitched with bits of sequins that caught the sunlight and sparkled, a brave effort because the rest of the fabric that made it was so shabby.
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Derived terms
- jhola chhap
- jholawala