हर्ज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هرج (harj), from Arabic هَرْج (harj).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾd͡ʒ/, [ɦɐɾd͡ʒ]

Noun

हर्ज • (harj) m (Urdu spelling ہرج)

1. trouble, bother, difficulty, inconvenience

   Synonyms: नुक़सान (nuqsān), हानि (hāni)

   • 1936, Premchand, Godaan :

     इसी से तो कहती हूँ, कुछ जलपान कर लो और आज न जाओगे तो कौन हर्ज होगा!

     isī se to kahtī hū̃, kuch jalpān kar lo aur āj na jāoge to kaun harj hogā!

     That's what I'm saying, have some breakfast and don't go today, who will be inconvenienced!?

Declension

Declension of हर्ज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हर्ज harj	हर्ज harj
oblique	हर्ज harj	हर्जों harjõ
vocative	हर्ज harj	हर्जो harjo

References

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