बंजर

Hindi

Etymology

Dasa claims वन (van, “forest”) +‎ उजड़ (ujaṛ, “to be ruined”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bən.d͡ʒəɾ/, [bɐ̃n.d͡ʒɐɾ]

Adjective

बंजर • (bañjar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بنجر)

1. barren, infertile (of land)

   Antonym: उपजाऊ (upjāū)

Noun

बंजर • (bañjar) m (Urdu spelling بنجر)

1. wasteland, desolate land
2. (agriculture) fallow field

Declension

Declension of बंजर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बंजर bañjar	बंजर bañjar
oblique	बंजर bañjar	बंजरों bañjarõ
vocative	बंजर bañjar	बंजरो bañjaro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बंजर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बंजर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha