Urdu Word جھاواں پتّھر Meaning in English

The Urdu Word جھاواں پتّھر Meaning in English is Holystone. The other similar words are Retla Pathar, Jhawan Pathar and Naram Retla Pathar. Take a look at this page to find out more Kacha Meanings in English.

جھاواں پتّھر

Jhawan Pathar

Holystone

[hoh-lee-stohn]

Definitions of Holystone

n. A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

transitive v. To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

Form Noun

How To Spell Holystone [hoh-lee-stohn]

Origin of Holystone Early 19th century: probably from holy + stone. Sailors called the stones ‘bibles’ or ‘prayer books’, perhaps because they scrubbed the decks on their knees.

Jhawan Pathar جھاواں پتّھر Meaning in English - Find the correct meaning of Jhawan Pathar in English, it is important to understand the word properly when we translate it from Urdu to English. There are always several meanings of each word in English, the correct meaning of Jhawan Pathar in English is Holystone, and in Urdu we write it جھاواں پتّھر. The other meanings are Retla Pathar, Jhawan Pathar and Naram Retla Pathar. By form, the word Holystone is an noun. It is spelled as [hoh-lee-stohn]. The word originated in Early 19th century: probably from holy + stone. Sailors called the stones ‘bibles’ or ‘prayer books’, perhaps because they scrubbed the decks on their knees. After Urdu to English translation of Jhawan Pathar, If you have issues in pronunciation than you can hear the audio of it in the online dictionary.

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