जनाज़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جنازه (janāza), from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza). Compare Assamese জানাজা (zanaza), Bengali জানাজা (janaja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nɑː.zɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.näː.zäː], /d͡ʒə.nɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.näː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

जनाज़ा • (janāzā) m (Urdu spelling جنازہ)

1. mortuary bier, coffin

   जनाज़ा उठना ― janāzā uṭhnā ― a funeral to begin (literally, “a coffin to be raised”)

2. corpse

   Synonyms: लाश (lāś), शव (śav), लोथ (loth), मुरदा (murdā)

Declension

Declension of जनाज़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जनाज़ा janāzā	जनाज़े janāze
oblique	जनाज़े janāze	जनाज़ों janāzõ
vocative	जनाज़े janāze	जनाज़ो janāzo

References

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