माजरा

Hindi

Etymology

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

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

Noun

माजरा • (mājrā) m (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
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