আজার

Bengali

Alternative forms

• আযার (ajar)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali আজার (ajar). Cognate with Hindustani آزار (āzār) / आज़ार (āzār).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /adʒaɾ/, [ˈadʒaɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /adʑaɾ/, [ˈadʑaɾ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ad̪zaɾ/, [ˈad̪zaɾ], [ˈazaɾ]

Noun

আজার • (ajar) (rare)

1. pain, trouble, difficulty

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

• আজাড় (ajaṛ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزار (āzār, “annoyance; torment; affliction; injury”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (’c’l /⁠āzār⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *aHjāráh, nominalized from *aHjāráyati (“to torment, offend; to injure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑdʒɑɾ/, [äːd͡ʒäɾ], /ɑdʒɑɽ/, [äːd͡ʒäɽ]
• IPA^(key): /ɑdzɑɾ/, [äːd͡zäɾ]
• IPA^(key): /ɑzɑɾ/, [äːzäɾ]

Noun

আজার (ajar)

1. annoyance
2. torment
3. injury
4. pain

Derived terms

• আজাড়িয়া (ajaṛiẏa)

Descendants

• Bengali: আজার (ajar)