Pocket in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “pocket” in Hindi is जेब, pronounced haDapana — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
Borrowed from Classical Persian جیب (jēb), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “pocket; opening in a garment”). Compare Assamese জেপ (zep), Bengali জেব (jeb), Punjabi ਜੇਬ (jeb).
The word used to only refer to shirt pockets in Arabic, but as pockets have shifted to the lower body the Hindi terms has come to include those.
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The word used to only refer to shirt pockets in Arabic, but as pockets have shifted to the lower body the Hindi terms has come to include those.
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