मुआवज़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعاوَضَة (muʕāwaḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɑːʋ.zɑː/, [mʊ.äːʋ.zäː], /mʊ.ɑːʋ.d͡ʒɑː/, [mʊ.äːʋ.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

मुआवज़ा • (muāvzā) m (Urdu spelling معاوضہ)

1. compensation, reimbursement

   Synonyms: चुकाई (cukāī), प्रतिकार (pratikār), प्रतिफल (pratiphal)

   मुआवज़ा मिलना ― muāvzā milnā ― to be compensated

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “muavaza”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 818