کھوج

Urdu

Etymology

Deverbal from کھوجْنا (khojnā, “to seek; search”),[1] inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀚 (khojja).[2] Compare Gujarati ખોજ (khoj), Maithili खोज (khōj), Bengali খোঁজা (khō̃ja), Assamese খোজ (khüz, “step, footprint; ask for”), Odia ଖୋଜ (khoja).

Pronunciation

Noun

کھوج • (khoj) m (Hindi spelling खोज)

  1. search, quest
    Synonyms: تَلاس (talās), ڈُھونْڈ (ḍhūnḍ)
  2. research
    Synonym: تَحْقِیق (tahqīq)
  3. finding, exploration
  4. aware; familiarity[3]
  5. basis (ie. foundation)[4]
  6. trace; mark; clue
    Synonym: پَتَہ (pata)
  7. footprint

Declension

Declension of کھوج
singular plural
direct کھوج (khoj) کھوج (khoj)
oblique کھوج (khoj) کھوجوں (khojõ)
vocative کھوج (khoj) کھوجو (khojo)

Verb

کھوج • (khoj) (Hindi spelling खोज)

  1. inflection of کھوجْنا (khojnā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

References

  1. ^ “کھوج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khojja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 208
  3. ^ Farhang-i-Asifiya
  4. ^ Noor-ul-Lugaat

Further reading

More information
  • “کھوج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کهوج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 511
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “کهوج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 882
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “کهوج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 975
  • John Shakespear (1834) “کهوج”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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