जवारी

Hindi

Etymology

Compare जुवार (juvār, “yoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑː.ɾiː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ʋäː.ɾiː]

Noun

जवारी • (javārī) f (Urdu spelling جواری)

1. bridge (a piece on string instruments, such as a sitar or sarangi, that supports the strings from the sounding board)

Declension

Declension of जवारी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जवारी javārī	जवारी javārī
oblique	जवारी javārī	जवारियों javāriyõ
vocative	जवारी javārī	जवारियो javāriyo

References

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