जहाज़

See also: जहाज and जहाज़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian جهاز (jahâz), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जहाज़ • (jahāz) m (Urdu spelling جہاز)

1. ship

   वे जहाज़ से कराची गये।

   ve jahāz se karācī gaye.

   They went by ship to Karachi.

2. craft

Synonyms

• पोत (pot)

Derived terms

• जहाज़ी (jahāzī, “relating to crafts”)
• जहाज़मार (jahāzmār, “anti-aircraft”)
• जहाज़मार तोप (jahāzmār top, “anti-aircraft gun”)

• जहाज़रान (jahāzrān, “captain”)
• समुद्री जहाज़ (samudrī jahāz, “ship, used to distinguish from हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz)”)
• हवाई जहाज़ (havāī jahāz, “airplane”)

References

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

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Kashmiri

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian جهاز (jahâz), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic.

Noun

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

1. (nautical) ship

Etymology 2

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Noun

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

1. saddle