अल्फ़ाज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَلْفَاظ (alfāz), from Arabic أَلْفَاظ (ʔalfāẓ), plural of لَفْظ (lafẓ, “word”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əl.fɑːz/, [ɐl.fäːz], /əl.pʰɑːd͡ʒ/, [ɐl.pʰäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

अल्फ़ाज़ • (alfāz) m (Urdu spelling الفاظ)

1. irregular direct plural of लफ़्ज़ (lafz): words

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलफ़ाज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 58