کھوج

Urdu

Etymology

Deverbal from کھوجْنا (khojnā, “to seek; search”), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀚 (khojja). Compare Gujarati ખોજ (khoj), Maithili खोज (khōj), Bengali খোঁজা (khō̃ja), Assamese খোজ (khüz, “step, footprint; ask for”), Odia ଖୋଜ (khoja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʰoːd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -oːd͡ʒ

Noun

کھوج • (khoj) m (Hindi spelling खोज)

1. search, quest

   Synonyms: تَلاس (talās), ڈُھونْڈ (ḍhūnḍ)

2. research

   Synonym: تَحْقِیق (tahqīq)

3. finding, exploration
4. aware; familiarity
5. basis (ie. foundation)
6. trace; mark; clue

   Synonym: پَتَہ (pata)

7. footprint

Declension

Declension of کھوج
	singular	plural
direct	کھوج (khoj)	کھوج (khoj)
oblique	کھوج (khoj)	کھوجوں (khojō̃)
vocative	کھوج (khoj)	کھوجو (khojō)

Verb

کھوج • (khoj) (Hindi spelling खोज)

1. inflection of کھوجْنا (khojnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Further reading

More information

• “کھوج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کهوج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 511
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کهوج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 882
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “کهوج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 975
• John Shakespear (1834) “کهوج”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC