अज़दहा

अज़दहा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian اژدها‎ (aždahâ), from Middle Persian ʾcydhʾk' (az(i)dahāg), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀‎ (aži.dahāka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əz.d̪ə.ɦɑː/, [əz.d̪ə.ɦäː], /əd͡ʒ.d̪ə.ɦɑː/, [əd͡ʒ.d̪ə.ɦäː]

Noun

अज़दहा • (azdahā) m (Urdu spelling اژدہا‎)

1. dragon
2. python, boa

Declension

Declension of अज़दहा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अज़दहा azdahā	अज़दहे azdahe
oblique	अज़दहे azdahe	अज़दहों azdahõ
vocative	अज़दहे azdahe	अज़दहो azdaho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अजदहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press