تولیہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese toalha.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɔː.lɪ.jə/, /t̪oː.lɪ.jə/
- Rhymes: -ə
Noun
تَولِیَہ • (tauliya) m (Hindi spelling तौलिया)
- towel
- نہانے کے بعد میں دو تولیے استعمال کرتا ہوں۔
- nahānē kē bād ma͠i dō tauliyē istemāl kartā hū̃.
- I use two towels after taking a shower.
Declension
| Declension of تولیہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | تَولِیہ (tauliyah) | تَولِیے (tauliye) |
| oblique | تَولِیے (tauliye) | تَولِیوں (tauliyõ) |
| vocative | تَولِیے (tauliye) | تَولِیو (tauliyo) |
References
- “تولیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “tauliyā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “توليہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “tauliya”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.