फौज

See also: फ़ौज

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /fɔːd͡ʒ/, /pʰɔːd͡ʒ/

Noun

फौज • (fauj) f

  1. nuqtaless form of फ़ौज (fauj)

Declension
Declension of फौज (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct फौज
fauj		 फौजें
faujẽ
oblique फौज
fauj		 फौजों
faujõ
vocative फौज
fauj		 फौजो
faujo

Marathi

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰəud͡z/, [pʰəuːd͡z]

Noun

फौज • (phauj) f

  1. army
    Synonyms: लष्कर (laṣkar), सेना (senā), सैन्य (sainya)

Derived terms
  • फौजदार (phaujdār)
  • फौजदारी (phaujdārī)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “फौज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • 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).
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