अज़ाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عذاب ('azāb), from Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb). Compare Bengali আযাব (ajab).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.zɑːb/, [ɐ.zäːb], /ə.d͡ʒɑːb/, [ɐ.d͡ʒäːb]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

अज़ाब • (azāb) m (Urdu spelling عذاب)

1. torment, suffering, agony

   Synonyms: पीड़ा (pīṛā), तकलीफ़ (taklīf)

2. punishment
3. a troublesome or distressing affair

Declension

Declension of अज़ाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अज़ाब azāb	अज़ाब azāb
oblique	अज़ाब azāb	अज़ाबों azābõ
vocative	अज़ाब azāb	अज़ाबो azābo

Derived terms

• अज़ाब के फ़रिश्ते (azāb ke fariśte)
• अज़ाब मोल लेना (azāb mol lenā)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “azaba”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अजाब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “azab”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.