जूठा

Inherited from Prakrit जुट्ठ (juṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit जुष्ट (juṣṭa, “pleased”).^[1]

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː.ʈʰɑː/, [d͡ʒuː.ʈʰäː]

जूठा • (jūṭhā) (Urdu spelling جُوٹَھا)

1. partially eaten, consumed, used by someone else (of food, utensils etc.)
   • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, अलग्योझा:

     गोबर रग्घू निकालता, बैलों को सानी रग्घू देता। रग्घू ही जूठे बरतन माँजता।

     gobar ragghū nikāltā, bailõ ko sānī ragghū detā. ragghū hī jūṭhe bartan māñjtā.

     Ragghu would take out the cow dung, Ragghu would feed the cattle. And Raghu would scrub the dirty dishes.

   • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, दो कब्रें:

     भूख में अगर शुद्ध भोजन न मिले, तो आदमी जूठा खाने से भी परहेज नहीं करता।

     bhūkh mẽ agar śuddh bhojan na mile, to ādmī jūṭhā khāne se bhī parhej nahī̃ kartā.

     If in hunger he did not obtain pure food, then a man would not abstain from partially eaten food.

2. (figurative) impure, defiled, tainted
   • (Can we date this quote?), पराग पावन, “सभी फूलों को हवाओं ने जूठा कर दिया था प्रिये!”, in हिन्दवी‎^[1]:

     सभी फूलों को हवाओं ने जूठा कर दिया था प्रिये!
     तो मैं ख़ाली हाथ आया हूँ

     sabhī phūlõ ko havāõ ne jūṭhā kar diyā thā priye!
     to ma͠i xālī hāth āyā hū̃

     All the flowers have been spoiled by the wind, beloved!
     So I have arrived empty-handed.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जूठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जूठा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha