गीला

Hindi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *grillas (“wet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡiːlaː]

Adjective

गीला • (gīlā) (Urdu spelling گیلا‎)

wet
मेरे कपड़े गीले हो गये।

My clothes got wet.
moist, damp
यह गीला बारूद बेकार है।

This damp gunpowder is useless.

Declension

Declension of गीला
	Masculine			Feminine
	Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
Direct	गीला (gīlā)	गीले (gīle)		गीली (gīlī)	गीली (gīlī)
Oblique	गीले (gīle)	गीले (gīle)		गीली (gīlī)	गीली (gīlī)
Vocative	गीले (gīle)	गीले (gīle)		गीली (gīlī)	गीली (gīlī)

Synonyms

(wet): तर (tar)
(wet): भीगा (bhīgā)
(moist): नम (nam)

Derived terms

गीला करना (gīlā karnā)
गीलापन (gīlāpan)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989), “गीला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

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