غذا

See also: غدا

Arabic

Root
غ ذ و (ḡ-ḏ-w)

Verb

غَذَا • (ḡaḏā) I, non-past يَغْذُو‎ (yaḡḏū)

1. to feed, to nourish

Conjugation

Conjugation of

غَذَا

(form-I final-weak, verbal noun غَذْو)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						غَذْو ḡaḏw
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						غَاذٍ ḡāḏin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَغْذُوّ maḡḏuww
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	غَذَوْتُ ḡaḏawtu	غَذَوْتَ ḡaḏawta	غَذَا ḡaḏā		غَذَوْتُمَا ḡaḏawtumā	غَذَوَا ḡaḏawā		غَذَوْنَا ḡaḏawnā	غَذَوْتُمْ ḡaḏawtum	غَذَوْا ḡaḏaw
	f		غَذَوْتِ ḡaḏawti	غَذَتْ ḡaḏat			غَذَتَا ḡaḏatā			غَذَوْتُنَّ ḡaḏawtunna	غَذَوْنَ ḡaḏawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَغْذُو ʔaḡḏū	تَغْذُو taḡḏū	يَغْذُو yaḡḏū		تَغْذُوَانِ taḡḏuwāni	يَغْذُوَانِ yaḡḏuwāni		نَغْذُو naḡḏū	تَغْذُونَ taḡḏūna	يَغْذُونَ yaḡḏūna
	f		تَغْذِينَ taḡḏīna	تَغْذُو taḡḏū			تَغْذُوَانِ taḡḏuwāni			تَغْذُونَ taḡḏūna	يَغْذُونَ yaḡḏūna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَغْذُوَ ʔaḡḏuwa	تَغْذُوَ taḡḏuwa	يَغْذُوَ yaḡḏuwa		تَغْذُوَا taḡḏuwā	يَغْذُوَا yaḡḏuwā		نَغْذُوَ naḡḏuwa	تَغْذُوا taḡḏū	يَغْذُوا yaḡḏū
	f		تَغْذِي taḡḏī	تَغْذُوَ taḡḏuwa			تَغْذُوَا taḡḏuwā			تَغْذُونَ taḡḏūna	يَغْذُونَ yaḡḏūna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَغْذُ ʔaḡḏu	تَغْذُ taḡḏu	يَغْذُ yaḡḏu		تَغْذُوَا taḡḏuwā	يَغْذُوَا yaḡḏuwā		نَغْذُ naḡḏu	تَغْذُوا taḡḏū	يَغْذُوا yaḡḏū
	f		تَغْذِي taḡḏī	تَغْذُ taḡḏu			تَغْذُوَا taḡḏuwā			تَغْذُونَ taḡḏūna	يَغْذُونَ yaḡḏūna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُغْذُ uḡḏu			اُغْذُوَا uḡḏuwā				اُغْذُوا uḡḏū
	f		اُغْذِي uḡḏī							اُغْذُونَ uḡḏūna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	غُذِيتُ ḡuḏītu	غُذِيتَ ḡuḏīta	غُذِيَ ḡuḏiya		غُذِيتُمَا ḡuḏītumā	غُذِيَا ḡuḏiyā		غُذِينَا ḡuḏīnā	غُذِيتُمْ ḡuḏītum	غُذُوا ḡuḏū
	f		غُذِيتِ ḡuḏīti	غُذِيَتْ ḡuḏiyat			غُذِيَتَا ḡuḏiyatā			غُذِيتُنَّ ḡuḏītunna	غُذِينَ ḡuḏīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُغْذَى ʔuḡḏā	تُغْذَى tuḡḏā	يُغْذَى yuḡḏā		تُغْذَيَانِ tuḡḏayāni	يُغْذَيَانِ yuḡḏayāni		نُغْذَى nuḡḏā	تُغْذَوْنَ tuḡḏawna	يُغْذَوْنَ yuḡḏawna
	f		تُغْذَيْنَ tuḡḏayna	تُغْذَى tuḡḏā			تُغْذَيَانِ tuḡḏayāni			تُغْذَيْنَ tuḡḏayna	يُغْذَيْنَ yuḡḏayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُغْذَى ʔuḡḏā	تُغْذَى tuḡḏā	يُغْذَى yuḡḏā		تُغْذَيَا tuḡḏayā	يُغْذَيَا yuḡḏayā		نُغْذَى nuḡḏā	تُغْذَوْا tuḡḏaw	يُغْذَوْا yuḡḏaw
	f		تُغْذَيْ tuḡḏay	تُغْذَى tuḡḏā			تُغْذَيَا tuḡḏayā			تُغْذَيْنَ tuḡḏayna	يُغْذَيْنَ yuḡḏayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُغْذَ ʔuḡḏa	تُغْذَ tuḡḏa	يُغْذَ yuḡḏa		تُغْذَيَا tuḡḏayā	يُغْذَيَا yuḡḏayā		نُغْذَ nuḡḏa	تُغْذَوْا tuḡḏaw	يُغْذَوْا yuḡḏaw
	f		تُغْذَيْ tuḡḏay	تُغْذَ tuḡḏa			تُغْذَيَا tuḡḏayā			تُغْذَيْنَ tuḡḏayna	يُغْذَيْنَ yuḡḏayna

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غِذَاء (ḡiḏāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣi.ˈðɑː], [ɣi.ˈzɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɪ.zɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɪ.zɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣɪ.zɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣi.zɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qe.zɒ́ː], [qæ.zɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁi.zɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğiḏā, ğizā
Dari reading?	ğizā
Iranian reading?	ğezâ, ğazâ
Tajik reading?	ġizo

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• (Mashhad) IPA^(key): /ɢezɒː/
• Homophone: قضا (qazâ) (sometimes in Iran)

Noun

Dari	غذا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ғизо

غذا • (ğazâ) (plural غذاها (ğazâ-hâ))

1. food

   Synonyms: خوراک (xwarāk), نان (nân) (colloquially)

   از غذای ایرانی خوشم می‌آید

   az ğazâ-ye irâni xošam mi-âyad.

   I like Iranian food.

2. meal

Inflection

Basic forms of غذا (ğazâ)
	singular	plural
bare	غذا (ğazấ)	غذاها (ğazâ-hấ)
definitive direct object	غذا را (ğazấ râ) غذا رو △ (ğazấ ro)	غذاها را (ğazâ-hấ râ) غذاها رو △ (ğazâ-hấ ro)
ezâfe	غذای (ğazấ-ye)	غذاهای (ğazâ-hấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	غذایی (ğazấ-i)	غذاهایی (ğazâ-hấ-i)
△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of غذا (ğazâ)
	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	غذایم (ğazấyam) غذام △ (ğazấm)	غذاهایم (ğazâ-hấyam) غذاهام △ (ğazâ-hấm)
2nd person singular (“your”)	غذایت (ğazấyat) غذات △ (ğazất)	غذاهایت (ğazâ-hấyat) غذاهات △ (ğazâ-hất)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	غذایش (ğazấyaš) غذاش △ (ğazấš)	غذاهایش (ğazâ-hấyaš) غذاهاش △ (ğazâ-hấš)
1st plural (“our”)	غذایمان (ğazấyemân) غذامون △ (ğazấmun)	غذاهایمان (ğazâ-hấyemân) غذاهامون △ (ğazâ-hấmun)
2nd plural (“your”)	غذایتان (ğazấyetân) غذاتون △ (ğazấtun)	غذاهایتان (ğazâ-hấyetân) غذاهاتون △ (ğazâ-hấtun)
3rd plural (“their”)	غذایشان (ğazấyešân) غذاشون △ (ğazấšun)	غذاهایشان (ğazâ-hấyešân) غذاهاشون △ (ğazâ-hấšun)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• غذا خوردن (ğazâ xordan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غذا (ğizā), from Arabic غِذَاء (ḡiḏāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɣɪ.zɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: غِ‧ذا

Noun

غِذا • (ġizā) f (Hindi spelling ग़िज़ा)

1. food, diet, victuals, provisions

References

• “غذا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “غذا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.