Jheel

Quick meaning: Jheel is a noun meaning (India) A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.

Meaning

(India) A pond, marsh, lake or similar wetland area, usually with significant vegetation providing shelter and/or food to a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic animal species.

Example Sentences

In Spring, it is ablaze with roses; in Summer, the roses die and the hot winds blow from the hills; in Autumn, the white mists from the jhils cover the place as with water, and in Winter the frosts nip everything young and tender to earth-level.

Word Forms

• jheels

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jeel, bheel, talav, vlei, beel, bund.

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