साज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sāz), present stem of (sāxtan, “to make”). Compare Punjabi ਸਾਜ਼ (sāz).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) 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

Declension of साज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साज़ sāz	साज़ sāz
oblique	साज़ sāz	साज़ों sāzõ
vocative	साज़ sāz	साज़ो sāzo

Derived terms

साज़ो-सामान (sāzo-sāmān)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “sāz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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