जनाज़ा
Hindi
Etymology
From Persian جنازه (janâze, “funeral, corpse”), from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza, “funeral, corpse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.nɑː.zɑː/
Noun
जनाज़ा • (janāzā) m (Urdu spelling جنازه)
- a mortuary bier, coffin
- जनाज़ा उठना ― janāzā uṭhnā ― a funeral to begin (literally, “a coffin to be raised”)
- a corpse
- Synonyms: लाश (lāś), शव (śav), लोथ (loth), मुरदा (murdā)
Declension
| Declension of जनाज़ा | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | जनाज़ा (janāzā) | जनाज़े (janāze) |
| Oblique | जनाज़े (janāze) | जनाज़ों (janāzõ) |
| Vocative | जनाज़े (janāze) | जनाज़ो (janāzo) |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जनाज़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press