अज़ाब
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian عذاب ('azâb), Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb), from the verb عَذَبَ (ʕaḏaba, “to hinder”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.zɑːb/, [ə.zäːb], /ə.d͡ʒɑːb/, [ə.d͡ʒäːb]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːb
Noun
अज़ाब • (azāb) m (Urdu spelling عذاب)
- torment, suffering, agony
- Synonyms: पीड़ा (pīṛā), तकलीफ़ (taklīf)
Declension
Declension of अज़ाब (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अज़ाब azāb | अज़ाब azāb |
| oblique | अज़ाब azāb | अज़ाबों azābõ |
| vocative | अज़ाब azāb | अज़ाबो azābo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अज़ाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press