Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/jhalla/ ਝ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Adjective Word # ਝੱਲਾ jhalla Say it**jhal-laa**Type**Adjective** In short Jhalla (ਝੱਲਾ) is a Punjabi word for crazy, mad or foolish, with the feminine form jhalli (ਝੱਲੀ). In everyday Punjabi it is usually lighter than pagal: a jhalla is often someone silly, wild or crazily in love, so friends use it as teasing as much as criticism. Its dictionary synonyms include kamla and deewana, the mad lover. ## How it's used 1. 1ਉਹ ਤਾਂ ਝੱਲਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਸਾਰਾ ਦਿਨ ਹੱਸਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।He has gone jhalla, he keeps laughing all day long. 2. 2ਝੱਲਾ ਨਾ ਬਣ, ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ।Do not act crazy, first listen to me. _Everyday teasing between friends_ 3. 3ਉਹ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਝੱਲਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।He went crazy in love with her. _Jhalla in its lovestruck sense_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਲੋਕੀ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਝੱਲੀ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਸਨ।People used to call her jhalli. _Jhalli, the feminine form_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਝੱਲਾ ਦਾ ਸਿੱਧਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਕਮਲਾ, ਪਾਗਲ ਜਾਂ ਮੂਰਖ, ਪਰ ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਪਾਗਲ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਹਲਕਾ ਹੈ। ਦੋਸਤ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਮਜ਼ਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਝੱਲਾ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਸਤ ਹੋਏ ਇਨਸਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਝੱਲਾ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਦਾ ਇਸਤਰੀ ਲਿੰਗ ਰੂਪ ਝੱਲੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਬਹੁਵਚਨ ਝੱਲੇ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨਾਰਥੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕਮਲਾ ਅਤੇ ਦੀਵਾਨਾ ਹਨ। ਝੱਲਾ ਹੋਣਾ ਕੋਈ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੱਸਦਾ: ਇਹ ਉਸ ਹਾਲਤ ਦਾ ਨਾਂ ਹੈ ਜਦੋਂ ਇਨਸਾਨ ਜੋਸ਼, ਹਾਸੇ ਜਾਂ ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪੇ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ। What does jhalla mean in Punjabi? Jhalla (ਝੱਲਾ) is Punjabi slang for crazy, mad or foolish, and its feminine form is jhalli (ਝੱਲੀ). It is almost never a serious insult in everyday talk: a jhalla is usually someone acting silly, wild or crazily in love, and the word is said with a laugh as often as with a scolding. ## What does jhalla mean in Punjabi? The dictionary core of the word is short and blunt. Wiktionary gives jhalla as crazy, fool and mad, and lists its synonyms as kamla (ਕਮਲਾ), pagal (ਪਾਗਲ) and deewanah (ਦੀਵਾਨਾ). It also shows the word at work in real Punjabi writing, quoting a 2002 story collection by Akmal Shahzad Ghumman with a line translated as: Lord knows where this fool has vanished off to. That is everyday jhalla: said about a person who has wandered off, acted without thinking, or done something nobody can quite explain. ## Is jhalla the same as pagal? No, and the difference is tone. In a WordReference language thread devoted to this word, a Punjabi speaker explains that in Punjabi jhalla can mean a number of things from silly to crazy, though not in the same sense as pagal. Another contributor confirms the point directly: jhalla is less intense than pagal and is often used in a lighthearted sense, because a person is not a jhalla forever. Someone becomes a jhalla for something or someone, for a time, gripped by a passion, which is why deewana, the mad lover, sits among its synonyms. Pagal sounds like a judgement. Jhalla sounds like a story. ## What does jhalli mean in songs and poetry? Jhalli is simply the feminine form, and the dictionary declension gives the full pattern: masculine plural jhalle (ਝੱਲੇ), feminine jhalli (ਝੱਲੀ) and jhalliyan (ਝੱਲੀਆਂ). In love poetry and song the jhalli is usually the woman made mad by love or separation. The same WordReference thread quotes a traditional verse line in which people call the separated lover jhalli because the arrow of separation has struck her. That is the slang logic learners should remember: jhalla and jhalli name a state love, joy or obsession has put someone in, not a medical condition, and the Shahmukhi spelling of the word is جھلا. ## Related words [ਸੋਹਣਾsohnaBeautiful, handsome; also nice, dear or beloved](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sohna/)[ਪਂਗਾpangatrouble, a quarrel or a fight you are better off avoiding](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/panga/)[ਰੌਲਾraulaNoise, uproar and commotion; in Punjabi slang, a big loud fuss breaking out](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/raula/)[ਸਿਆਪਾsiyapaMourning and wailing; in modern Punjabi slang, any problem, trouble or messy drama](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/siyapa/)[ਵੇਹਲਾvellaidle and unoccupied, with no work in hand, said in teasing](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/vella/)[ਯਾਰyaarfriend, mate, buddy: the warm informal word for a close friend](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/yaar/)[ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਲੈਂਗPunjabi SlangPunjabi slang words: att, ghaint, siraa, balle balle, gabru, mutiyar, yaar and jugaad in Gurmukhi](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-slang-words/) Advertisement Sources (2) 1. [Wiktionary, Jhalla: jhalla (ਝੱਲਾ, Shahmukhi جھلا) means crazy, fool and mad, with synonyms kamla, pagal and deewanah, feminine jhalli and plural jhalle, and a 2002 Punjabi story citation by Akmal Shahzad Ghumman translated as Lord knows where this fool has vanished off to](https://EN.Wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%BE%D9%84%D8%A7) 2. [WordReference Forums, Hindi and Urdu jhalla thread: Punjabi speakers explain that jhalla runs from silly to crazy but is not pagal, that it is used in a lighthearted sense and less intensely than pagal, and that a person can become a jhalla for someone or something for a time, gripped by passion like a deewana](https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hindi-urdu-jhall%C4%81.1395806/) [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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