जहाज़

See also: जहाज and जहाज़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːz/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦäːz], /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːd͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɦäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Urdu spelling جہاز)

1. ship

   Synonym: पोत (pot)

   वे जहाज़ से कराची गये। ― ve jahāz se karācī gaye. ― They went by ship to Karachi.

2. (by extension) craft
3. ellipsis of हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz, “aircraft, aeroplane”)

Declension

Declension of जहाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जहाज़ jahāz	जहाज़ jahāz
oblique	जहाज़ jahāz	जहाज़ों jahāzõ
vocative	जहाज़ jahāz	जहाज़ो jahāzo

Derived terms

• जहाज़मार (jahāzmār, “anti-aircraft”)
• जहाज़मार तोप (jahāzmār top, “anti-aircraft gun”)
• जहाज़रान (jahāzrān, “captain”)
• जहाज़ी (jahāzī, “relating to crafts”)
• समुद्री जहाज़ (samudrī jahāz, “ship”, used to distinguish from हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz))
• हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz, “aeroplane”)

Descendants

• → Nepali: जहाज (jahāj)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “जहाज़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 231.

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz), borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Noun

जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Perso-Arabic جَہاز)

1. (nautical) ship
2. saddle