بوجھ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀛 (vojjha), from Sanskrit वह्य (vahyá), from Proto-Indo-European *wóǵʰ-yo-s (“fit to be carried”), from *weǵʰ- (“to carry, draw”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /boːd͡ʒʱ/
• Rhymes: -oːd͡ʒʱ

Noun

بوجھ • (bojh) m

1. burden, load (ie. weight)
2. (figuratively) obligation (ie. responsibility)
3. encumbrance
4. worry; grief (often on the heart)
5. bundle, pack
6. ballast (of a boat or ship)

Declension

Declension of بوجھ

	singular	plural
direct	بوجھ (bojh)	بوجھ (bojh)
oblique	بوجھ (bojh)	بوجھوں (bojhõ)
vocative	بوجھ (bojh)	بوجھو (bojho)

Further reading

More information

• “بوجھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بوجھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بوجهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 121
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “بوجھ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834), “بوجهـ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 287