मज़ा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian مزه (maze), from Middle Persian m(y)ck' (mazig), from Old Persian [Term?]. Compare Sanskrit महस् (mahas, “pleasure, enjoyment”).
Pronunciation
Noun
मज़ा • (mazā) m (Urdu spelling مزہ)
- joy, pleasure
- 1797 – 1869, Ghalib :
- मज़े जहान के अपनी नज़र में ख़ाक नहीं
सिवाए ख़ून-ए-जिगर सो जिगर में ख़ाक नहीं- maze jahān ke apnī nazar mẽ xāk nahī̃
sivāe xūn-e-jigar so jigar mẽ xāk nahī̃ - The joys of the world are are nothing to me
besides blood there is no feeling in my heart
- maze jahān ke apnī nazar mẽ xāk nahī̃
- मज़े जहान के अपनी नज़र में ख़ाक नहीं
- (deprecated template usage) घर के मज़े यही हैं। ― ghar ke maze yahī ha͠i. ― These are the joys of home.
- relish, enjoyment
- (deprecated template usage) मुझे गाने का मज़ा नहीं आया।
- mujhe gāne kā mazā nahī̃ āyā.
- I did not enjoy the food.
- (deprecated template usage)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मज़ा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “मज़ा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.