आग़ाज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آغاز (āğāz), from Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾγʾz). Compare Bengali আগাজ (agaj), Punjabi ਆਗਾਜ਼ (āgāz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣɑːz/, [äː.ɣäːz], /ɑː.ɡɑːd͡ʒ/, [äː.ɡäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

आग़ाज़ • (āġāz) m (Urdu spelling آغاز)

1. start, beginning, commencement

   Synonyms: शुरुआत (śuruāt), प्रारंभ (prārambh), आरंभ (ārambh)

Declension

Declension of आग़ाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आग़ाज़ āġāz	आग़ाज़ āġāz
oblique	आग़ाज़ āġāz	आग़ाज़ों āġāzõ
vocative	आग़ाज़ āġāz	आग़ाज़ो āġāzo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “agaz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 80