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)

1. equipment, tool, thing

   Synonym: सामान (sāmān)

2. musical instrument

   Synonym: बाजा (bājā)

   क्या तुम कोई साज़ बजाते हो?

   kyā tum koī sāz bajāte ho?

   Do you play any musical instrument?

3. 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