English
jharokha
Jharokha comes from Hindi झरोखा ‘window, view’.
- Hindic. 1500–presentझरोखाjharokhā‘window, view’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993jharokha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentझरोखाjharokhā‘window, view’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993jharokha
Earliest quotation: 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: “The gatehouse survives still as a witness to this…”
Every English word from Hindi झरोखा
Today it means
noun A type of enclosed overhanging balcony in Indian architecture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi झरोखा / jharokha