जहाज़

See also: जहाज and जहाज़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jahāz), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz). Compare Assamese জাহাজ (zahaz), Bengali জাহাজ (jahaj), Gujarati જહાજ (jahāj), Marathi जहाज (jahāj), Punjabi ਜਹਾਜ਼ (jahāz).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːz/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦäːz], /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːd͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Urdu spelling جہاز)

ship
वे जहाज़ से कराची गये। ― ve jahāz se karācī gaye. ― They went by ship to Karachi.
craft

Declension

Declension of जहाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जहाज़ jahāz	जहाज़ jahāz
oblique	जहाज़ jahāz	जहाज़ों jahāzõ
vocative	जहाज़ jahāz	जहाज़ो jahāzo

Synonyms

पोत (pot)

Derived terms

जहाज़ी (jahāzī, “relating to crafts”)
जहाज़मार (jahāzmār, “anti-aircraft”)
जहाज़मार तोप (jahāzmār top, “anti-aircraft gun”)
जहाज़रान (jahāzrān, “captain”)
समुद्री जहाज़ (samudrī jahāz, “ship, used to distinguish from हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz)”)
हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz, “airplane”)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “जहाज़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 231.

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Classical Persian (jahāz, “ship; a camel's saddle”), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Noun

जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Perso-Arabic جَہاز)

(nautical) ship
saddle

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