मज़हब

See also: मजहब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مذهب (mazhab), from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məz.ɦəb/, [mɐz.ɦɐb], /məd͡ʒ.ɦəb/, [mɐd͡ʒ.ɦɐb]
• Hyphenation: मज़‧हब
• Rhymes: -əb

Noun

मज़हब • (mazhab) m (Urdu spelling مَذْہَب)

1. religion, sect

   Synonyms: धर्म (dharm), दीन (dīn)

   • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :

     मज़हब नहीं सिखाता, आपस में बैर रखना।
     हिन्दी हैं हम, वतन हैं, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा॥

     mazhab nahī̃ sikhātā, āpas mẽ bair rakhnā.
     hindī ha͠i ham, vatan ha͠i, hindostā̃ hamārā.

     Religion does not preach animosity among ourselves. We are Hindi [Indian, of Hind]; our homeland is India.

Declension

Declension of मज़हब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मज़हब mazhab	मज़हब, मज़ाहिब mazhab, mazāhib
oblique	मज़हब mazhab	मज़हबों, मज़ाहिबों mazhabõ, mazāhibõ
vocative	मज़हब mazhab	मज़हबो, मज़ाहिबो mazhabo, mazāhibo

Related terms

• मज़हबी (mazhabī)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मज़हब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3743
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मज़हब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 783