साज़
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ساز (sāz), present stem of ساختن (sāxtan, “to make”). Compare Punjabi ਸਾਜ਼ (sāz).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɑːz/, [säːz], /sɑːd͡ʒ/, [säːd͡ʒ]
Noun
साज़ • (sāz) m (Urdu spelling ساز)
- equipment, tool, thing
- Synonym: सामान (sāmān)
- musical instrument
- Synonym: बाजा (bājā)
- क्या तुम कोई साज़ बजाते हो?
- kyā tum koī sāz bajāte ho?
- Do you play any musical instrument?
- decoration
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | साज़ sāz |
साज़ sāz |
| oblique | साज़ sāz |
साज़ों sāzõ |
| vocative | साज़ sāz |
साज़ो sāzo |
Derived terms
- साज़ो-सामान (sāzo-sāmān)
Related terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “sāz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press