जनाज़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (janāza), from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza). Compare Assamese জানাজা (zanaza), Bengali জানাজা (janaja).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nɑː.zɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.näː.zäː], /d͡ʒə.nɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.näː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

जनाज़ा • (janāzā) m (Urdu spelling جنازہ)

mortuary bier, coffin
जनाज़ा उठना ― janāzā uṭhnā ― a funeral to begin (literally, “a coffin to be raised”)
corpse
Synonyms: शव (śav), लाश (lāś), लोथ (loth), मुरदा (murdā)

Declension

Declension of *जनाज़ा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	जनाज़ा janāzā	जनाज़े janāze
oblique	जनाज़े janāze	जनाज़ों janāzõ
vocative	जनाज़े janāze	जनाज़ो janāzo

References

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