جلوہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian جِلْوَه (jilwa), borrowed from Arabic جِلْوَة (jilwa).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.ʋɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: جل‧وَہ

جَلْوَہ • (jalva) m (Hindi spelling जलवा)

1. splendor, luster
2. manifestation
3. (Islam, chiefly archaic) the ceremony when the bridegroom sees the bride in a mirror
4. (archaic) the meeting of the bride and bridegroom (in the presence of their relations)

• “جلوہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جلوه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 231
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