دلہا

dulha

groom

Occasions & BlessingsWeddingsnounmasculine

What dulha means

dulha is written دلہا in the Urdu script and means groom in English. It is taught in the Occasions & Blessings lessons under Weddings.

Also spelled دولہا. Both spellings are in use for the same word.

Forms of dulha

dulha is masculine and ends in -a, so the -a becomes -e before a postposition such as se or mein (dulhe se) and in the plural (dulhe); the oblique plural ends in -on (dulhon).

CaseSingularPlural
Directدلہا dulhaدلہے dulhe
Oblique (before a postposition)دلہے dulheدلہوں dulhon

Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.

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