मज़दूर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मजदूर (majdūr) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مزدور (muzdūr), which in turn inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (myzdwbl /⁠mizdwar⁠/, “hireling, hired laborer”). Compare Bengali মজদুর (mojdur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /məz.d̪uːɾ/, [mɐz.d̪uːɾ], /məd͡ʒ.d̪uːɾ/, [mɐd͡ʒ.d̪uːɾ]
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मज़दूर • (mazdūr) m (Urdu spelling مزدور)

1. labourer, worker

   Synonyms: श्रमिक (śramik), कामगार (kāmgār)

   महनती मज़दूर ― mahantī mazdūr ― hard-working labourer

   मज़दूर के वेतन ― mazdūr ke vetan ― the wages of a labourer

   मज़दूर संघ ― mazdūr saṅgh ― trade union

Declension

Declension of मज़दूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मज़दूर mazdūr	मज़दूर mazdūr
oblique	मज़दूर mazdūr	मज़दूरों mazdūrõ
vocative	मज़दूर mazdūr	मज़दूरो mazdūro

Derived terms

• मज़दूरी (mazdūrī)