फौज

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fɔːd͡ʒ/, /pʰɔːd͡ʒ/

फौज • (fauj) f

1. nuqtaless form of फ़ौज (fauj)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فوج (fawj, “detachment, horde, throng”), from Arabic فَوْج (fawj, “regiment, battalion, crowd”). Compare Gujarati ફોજ (phoj), Hindi फ़ौज (fauj), Kannada ಫೌಜು (phauju), Punjabi ਫ਼ੌਜ (fauj) / فوج (foj), Bengali ফৌজ (phōuj).

• IPA^(key): /pʰəud͡z/, [pʰəuːd͡z]

फौज • (phauj) f

1. army

   Synonyms: लष्कर (laṣkar), सेना (senā), सैन्य (sainya)

• फौजदार (phaujdār)
• फौजदारी (phaujdārī)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “फौज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फौज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फौज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

• फोज (phoj)

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَوْج (fawj, “detachment, horde, throng”), from Arabic فَوْج (fawj, “regiment, battalion, crowd”). First attested as Old Gujarati फोज (phoja).

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔːd͡ʒ/ ~ /pʰəud͡ʒ/^[1]

फौज (phauj) f

1. army

   Synonyms: सेना (senā), खूर (khūr)

• “फौज”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2025
• “फौज”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015