बुर्जुआ

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bourgeois, French bourgeois.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bʊɾ.d͡ʒʊ.ɑː/, [bʊɾ.d͡ʒʊ.äː]

Noun

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बुर्जुआ (burjuām (Urdu spelling برجوا)

  1. bourgeoisie

Declension

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Adjective

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बुर्जुआ (burjuā) (indeclinable)

  1. bourgeois
    • 1848, Karl Marx, Frederich Engels, The Communist Manifesto:
      आधुनिक बुर्जुआ समाज ध्वंसावशेष से उपजा है, जिसने वर्ग विरोधों को ख़त्म नहीं किया है।
      ādhunik burjuā samāj dhvansāvśeṣ se upjā hai, jisne varg virodhõ ko xatma nahī̃ kiyā hai.
      The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms.