अल्फ़ाज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَلْفَاظ (alfāz), Arabic أَلْفَاظ (ʔalfāẓ), plural of لَفْظ (lafẓ, “word”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əl.fɑːz/, [ɐl.fäːz], /əl.pʰɑːd͡ʒ/, [ɐl.pʰäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

अल्फ़ाज़ • (alfāz) m (indeclinable, Urdu spelling الفاظ)

1. voice, speech, words

   Synonyms: आवाज़ (āvāz), भाषण (bhāṣaṇ)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलफ़ाज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 58