जहाज़
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːz/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦäːz], /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːd͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦäːd͡ʒ]
Noun
जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Urdu spelling جہاز)
- ship
- Synonym: पोत (pot)
- वे जहाज़ से कराची गये। ― ve jahāz se karācī gaye. ― They went by ship to Karachi.
- (by extension) craft
- ellipsis of हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz, “aircraft, aeroplane”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जहाज़ jahāz |
जहाज़ jahāz |
| oblique | जहाज़ jahāz |
जहाज़ों jahāzõ |
| vocative | जहाज़ jahāz |
जहाज़ो jahāzo |
Derived terms
- जहाज़मार (jahāzmār, “anti-aircraft”)
- जहाज़मार तोप (jahāzmār top, “anti-aircraft gun”)
- जहाज़रान (jahāzrān, “captain”)
- जहाज़ी (jahāzī, “relating to crafts”)
- समुद्री जहाज़ (samudrī jahāz, “ship”, used to distinguish from हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz))
- हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz, “aeroplane”)
Descendants
- → Nepali: जहाज (jahāj)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “जहाज़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 231.
Kashmiri
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz), borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).
Noun
जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Perso-Arabic جَہاز)