اژدہا

See also: اژدها

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka)der.
    Classical Persian اَژْدَهَا (aždahā)bor.
    Urdu اَژْدَہا (aźdahā)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اَژْدَهَا (aždahā). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi اژدہا (aždha).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əʒ.d̪ə.ɦɑː/, [əz.d̪ə.ɦɑː]
    • Rhymes: -ɑː
    • Hyphenation: اَژ‧دَ‧ہا

    Noun

    اَژْدَہا • (aźdahā) m (Hindi spelling अज़दहा)

    1. dragon
    2. a very large snake; python; boa
      Synonym: اجگر (ajgar)

    Declension

    Declension of اژدہا
    singular plural
    direct اَژْدَہا (aźdahā) اَژْدَہے (aźdahe)
    oblique اَژْدَہے (aźdahe) اَژْدَہوں (aźdahõ)
    vocative اَژْدَہے (aźdahe) اَژْدَہو (aźdaho)

    References

    1. ^ “اژدہا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اژدہا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “اژدہا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • “اژدہا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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