ख़मियाज़ा

ख़मियाज़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ख़ामियाज़ा (xāmiyāzā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خمیازه‎ (xamiyāza, “yawn, stretching”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə.mɪ.jɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [kʰə.mi.jäː.d͡ʒäː], /xə.mɪ.jɑː.zɑː/, [xə.mi.jäː.zäː]

Noun

ख़मियाज़ा • (xamiyāzā) m

1. burden, punishment

   Synonym: सज़ा (sazā) (punishment, more formally)

2. stretching

Declension

Declension of ख़मियाज़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़मियाज़ा xamiyāzā	ख़मियाज़े xamiyāze
oblique	ख़मियाज़े xamiyāze	ख़मियाज़ों xamiyāzõ
vocative	ख़मियाज़े xamiyāze	ख़मियाज़ो xamiyāzo

References

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