اژدہا

See also: اژدها

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian اژدها (aždahā, “dragon; large snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əʒ.d̪ə.ɦɑː/

Noun

اَژْدَہا • (aźdahā) m (Hindi spelling अझ़दहा or अज़दहा)

1. dragon
2. a very large snake; python; boa

   Synonym: اجگر (ajgar)

References

• “اژدہا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اژدہا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “اژدہا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “اژدہا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.