ख़मियाज़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ख़ामियाज़ा (xāmiyāzā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خمیازه (xamiyāza, “yawn, stretching”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xə.mɪ.jɑː.zɑː/, [xɐ.mi.jäː.zäː], /kʰə.mɪ.jɑː.d͡ʒɑː/, [kʰɐ.mi.jäː.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

ख़मियाज़ा • (xamiyāzā) m (Urdu spelling خَمیازہ)

1. burden, punishment

   Synonym: (punishment, more formally) सज़ा (sazā)

2. stretching

Declension

Declension of ख़मियाज़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़मियाज़ा xamiyāzā	ख़मियाज़े xamiyāze
oblique	ख़मियाज़े xamiyāze	ख़मियाज़ों xamiyāzõ
vocative	ख़मियाज़े xamiyāze	ख़मियाज़ो xamiyāzo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ḵẖamiyāzā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press