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کاج

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See also: کاخ and كاخ

Persian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kāj
Dari reading? kāj
Iranian reading? kâj
Tajik reading? koj

Noun

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کاج • (kâj)

  1. pine tree
  2. fir tree

Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kajja), from Sanskrit कार्य (kāryà).[1]

Noun

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کاج • (kāj) m

  1. work, business
Declension
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Declension of کاج
singular plural
direct کاج (kāj) کاج (kāj)
oblique کاج (kāj) کاجوں (kājõ)
vocative کاج (kāj) کاجو (kājo)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Portuguese casa [de botão].[2]

Noun

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کاج • (kāj) m

  1. buttonhole
Declension
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Declension of کاج
singular plural
direct کاج (kāj) کاج (kāj)
oblique کاج (kāj) کاجوں (kājõ)
vocative کاج (kāj) کاجو (kājo)
Descendants
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  • → Dari: کَاج (kāj)
  • → Kashmiri: کاج (kāj)
  • → Marwari: काज (kāj)
  • ⇒ Mewari: काच (kāc)
  • → Odia: କାଜ (kāja)
  • → Punjabi: ਕਾਜ (kāj)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kāryà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 157: “H. kāj, °jā m.”
  2. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 83, column 1: “Hindust. kàj”

Further reading

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  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “کاج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 895
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “کاج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 799
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کاج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 472
  • “کاج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “کاج”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • “کاج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “کاج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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