झूठ

See also: झूठे, झूठी, झूठो, झूठों, and झूठा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit झुट्ठ (jhuṭṭha). See there for more. Cognate with Gujarati જુઠું (juṭhũ), Punjabi ਝੂਠ (jhūṭh), Bengali ঝুঁঠ (jhũṭh) and Odia ଝୁଠ (jhuṭha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱuːʈʰ/

Noun

झूठ • (jhūṭh) m (Urdu spelling جھوٹ)

1. lie, falsehood

   वह धोखेबाज़ हमेशा झूठ बोलता है।

   vah dhokhebāz hameśā jhūṭh boltā hai.

   That fraud always (tells) lies.

   झूठ के पाँव नहीं होते।

   jhūṭh ke pā̃v nahī̃ hote.

   A lie has no legs to stand upon.

Declension

Declension of झूठ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	झूठ jhūṭh	झूठ jhūṭh
oblique	झूठ jhūṭh	झूठों jhūṭhõ
vocative	झूठ jhūṭh	झूठो jhūṭho

Synonyms

• (uncommon): असत्य (asatya)
• (uncommon): दरोग़ (daroġ)

Derived terms

• झूठ बोलना (jhūṭh bolnā)
• झूठमूठ (jhūṭhmūṭh)

Related terms

• झूठा (jhūṭhā)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “झूठ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “झूठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhūṭṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 299