Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/jhadi/ ਝ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਝੜੀ jhadi Say it**JHA-rhee**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiجھڑی In short Jhadi (ਝੜੀ) is continuous rain in Punjabi: rain that falls steadily without stopping, for hours or even days. Wiktionary traces it to a Prakrit word for rainstorm, and Rekhta gives 'savan ki jhadi' as the continuous rain of the month of Sawan. It is the monsoon rain at its most patient, and the same phrase also describes tears that will not stop. ## How it's used 1. 1ਸਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਝੜੀ ਲੱਗੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ, ਮੀਂਹ ਰੁਕਣ ਦਾ ਨਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਲੈ ਰਿਹਾ।The Sawan rain spell is on, and the rain shows no sign of stopping. _Rain in Sawan_ 2. 2ਝੜੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਣੀ ਭਰ ਗਿਆ।In the continuous rain, the fields filled with water. _In the fields_ 3. 3ਦੋ ਦਿਨ ਦੀ ਝੜੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਸੜਕਾਂ ਤੇ ਚਿੱਕੜ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।After two days of unbroken rain, the roads turned muddy. _After the rain_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਝੜੀ ਲੱਗੀ ਤੇ ਉਹ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੈਠ ਕੇ ਚਾਹ ਪੀਣ ਲੱਗ ਪਿਆ।The rain settled in, and he sat at home drinking tea. _Waiting out the rain_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਝੜੀ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਪੈਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਮੀਂਹ ਹੈ। ਜਦੋਂ ਝੜੀ ਲੱਗਦੀ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਮੀਂਹ ਘੰਟਿਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਤੱਕ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਰੁਕੇ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਰੇਖਤਾ ਸ਼ਬਦਕੋਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ 'ਸਾਵਣ ਦੀ ਝੜੀ' ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਸਾਵਣ ਦੇ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਮੀਂਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ। ਝੜੀ ਛੋਟੀ ਛਿੱਟ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਖਰੀ ਹੈ: ਇਹ ਖੇਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭਿਉੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਗਲੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਣੀ ਭਰ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ। What does jhadi mean in Punjabi? Jhadi (ਝੜੀ) is continuous rain: rain that keeps falling steadily, without a break, for hours or even days. Wiktionary gives the old Prakrit word jhaḍī as meaning rainstorm, and Rekhta Dictionary gives 'savan ki jhadi' as the continuous rain of the month of Sawan. It is not a sharp shower but rain that settles in, soaks the fields and fills the lanes with water. ## Where does the word jhadi come from? Wiktionary traces jhadi to the Prakrit word jhaḍī, meaning rainstorm, borrowed from Dravidian: the Kannada word jaḍi means fine continuous rain. The same entry gives the Punjabi forms plainly: Gurmukhi ਝੜੀ and Shahmukhi جھڑی, a feminine noun. A close cousin is the masculine word jhaṛ, ਝੜ, which Wiktionary gives as the shade of a cloud covering the sun, and in older use as incessant rain itself. So the word has long carried the idea of rain that does not let up. ## When do Punjabis say a jhadi has set in? A jhadi belongs to the monsoon months, Sawan and Bhadon, when the rain can fall for days at a stretch. Rekhta Dictionary gives both phrases: 'savan ki jhadi' for the continuous rain of Sawan and 'bhadon ki jhadi' for the continuous rain of August. Villagers say 'jhadi laggi' when the rain has settled in, the fields fill with water and the lanes turn to mud. Babbu Maan's song 'Saaun Di Jhadi' uses the same picture, a couple watching the monsoon rain, one standing on the ground and the other on the roof, which is how many Punjabis first meet the word outside the weather itself. ## How is a jhadi different from meeh and barsaat? Meeh is rain in general, the ordinary word for whatever falls from the sky, and barsaat is the rainy season or a fall of rain. A jhadi is narrower: it is the unbroken stretch of rain, the fact that it keeps coming. A short shower is meeh, a drizzle is boonda-baandi, but when the rain falls all day and into the night, Punjabis call it a jhadi. That matters to farmers: a jhadi soaks the ground deep and fills the ponds, while a passing shower only wets the surface. ## Can jhadi mean anything besides rain? Yes. Rekhta gives a second, figurative sense for 'savan ki jhadi': crying and lamenting, tears falling as steadily as monsoon rain. The related phrase 'aankh ka savan ki jhadi lagaana' means to cry a great deal, to weep without stopping. It is a gentle metaphor, and it shows how deeply the monsoon sits in Punjabi speech: grief is described in the language of rain. ## Related words [ਮੀਂਹmeehrain](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/meeh/)[ਬਰਸਾਤbarsaatRainy season; monsoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/barsaat/)[ਸਾਵਣsawanthe fifth Punjabi month; the monsoon month of rains (mid July to mid August)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sawan/)[ਬੂੰਦਾ-ਬਾਂਦੀboonda-baandiDrizzle: very fine, light rain made of tiny droplets, softer and slower than ordinary rain](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/boonda-baandi/)[ਬੱਦਲbaddalcloud](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/baddal/) Advertisement Sources (4) 1. [Wiktionary, jhaḍī: borrowed from Dravidian, Kannada jaḍi meaning fine continuous rain; Prakrit jhaḍī meaning continuous rain; Punjabi Gurmukhi ਝੜੀ, Shahmukhi جھڑی](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%91%80%9B%F0%91%80%9F%F0%91%80%BB) 2. [Wiktionary, jhaṛ: inherited from Prakrit jhaḍī, from Sanskrit jhaḍī meaning rainstorm; Gurmukhi ਝੜ, shade of the sun caused by cloud and, in older use, incessant rain](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%BE%DA%91) 3. [Rekhta Dictionary, saavan ki jhadi: noun, feminine, continuous rain in the month of Savan, raining continuously; metaphorically cry and lament](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-saavan-kii-jhadii) 4. [SonicHits, Saaun Di Jhadi by Babbu Maan: the song opens on the Sawan rain spell, one standing on the ground and the other on the roof, watching the monsoon rain](https://sonichits.com/video/Babbu%5FMaan/Saaun%5FDi%5FJhadi) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. [Support](https://jugti.com/support/) ## More words [ਚੰਨchannMoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chann/)[ਕਿੱਦਾਂkiddanhow are you? what's up? 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