माजरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاجَرَا (mājarā), from Arabic مَا جَرَى (mā jarā, literally what happened).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːd͡ʒ.ɾɑː/, [mäːd͡ʒ.ɾäː]

Noun

माजरा • (mājrām (Urdu spelling ماجرا)

  1. state, situation, circumstance

Declension

Declension of माजरा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct माजरा
mājrā
माजरे
mājre
oblique माजरे
mājre
माजरों
mājrõ
vocative माजरे
mājre
माजरो
mājro

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माजरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “माजरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House