توجہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوَجُّه (tawajju), from Arabic تَوَجُّه (tawajjuh). First attested in c. 1657 as Middle Hindi توجہ (tvjh /⁠tavajjuh⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

تَوَجُّہ • (tavajju) m (Hindi spelling तवज्जो)

  1. attention, care
  2. spiritual concentration
  3. focus
  4. favour, consideration
  5. tendency, kindness
  6. regard
  7. countenance, obligingness

Derived terms

  • توجہ فرمائیے (tavajjuh farmā'iye, “May I have your attention please”)

References

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

Further reading

More information
  • “توجہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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