جہاز

See also: جهاز, چهار, and جهار

Baluchi

Etymology

From Classical Persian جهاز (jahāz), from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Noun

جہاز • (jaház)

1. ship

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz)bor.

Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz)bor.

Punjabi جَہاز (jahāz)

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz), borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒäː˨zᵊ/

Noun

جَہاز • (jahāz) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਹਾਜ਼)

1. plane, airplane
2. ship, or vessel

Declension

Declension of جہاز

	singular	plural
direct	جَہاز (jahāz)	جَہاز (jahāz)
oblique	جَہاز (jahāz)	جَہازاں (jahāzāṉ)
vocative	جَہازا (jahāzā)	جَہازو (jahāzo)
ablative	جَہازوں (jahāzoṉ)	جَہازاں (jahāzāṉ)
locative	جَہازے (jahāze)	جَہازِیں (jahāzīṉ)
instrumental	جَہازوں (jahāzoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جِہاز”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جہاز”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਜਹਾਜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz)bor.

Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz)bor.

Urdu جَہاز (jahāz)

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَاز (jahāz), borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• Hyphenation: جَ‧ہاز

Noun

جَہاز • (jahāz) m (Hindi spelling जहाज़)

1. plane, ship
2. (vehicular) craft
3. Clipping of ہَوائی جَہاز (havāī jahāz, “aircraft”).

Declension

Declension of جہاز

	singular	plural
direct	جَہاز (jahāz)	جَہاز (jahāz)
oblique	جَہاز (jahāz)	جَہازوں (jahāzõ)
vocative	جَہاز (jahāz)	جَہازو (jahāzo)

Related terms

• جَہازی (jahāzī, “naval, nautical, seaman”)
• ہَوائی جَہاز (havāī jahāz, “aircraft, airplane”)
• خَلائی جَہاز (xalāī jahāz, “spaceship, spacecraft”)

References

• “جہاز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جہاز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.