काज

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːd͡ʒ/, [käːd͡ʒ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kajja), from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of कार्य (kārya).

Noun

काज • (kāj) m (Urdu spelling کاج)

1. task, work

   Synonym: काम (kām)

2. goal, purpose

Declension

Declension of काज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	काज kāj	काज kāj
oblique	काज kāj	काजों kājõ
vocative	काज kāj	काजो kājo

Derived terms

• कामकाज (kāmkāj)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese casa. Cognate with Bengali কাজ-ঘর (kaj-ghor).

Noun

काज • (kāj) m (Urdu spelling کاج)

1. buttonhole

Declension

Declension of काज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	काज kāj	काज kāj
oblique	काज kāj	काजों kājõ
vocative	काज kāj	काजो kājo

References

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

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit कज्ज (kajja), from Sanskrit कार्य (kāryà).

Noun

काज (kāja)

1. work, task
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā :

     दुर्गम काज जगत के जेते।
     सुगम अनुग्रह तुम्हरे तेते॥

     durgama kāja jagata ke jete.
     sugama anugraha tumhare tete.

     All the arduous tasks in the world
     Are rendered easy by thy grace.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাজ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬚ (Balinese script)
• কাজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ကာဇ (Burmese script)
• કાજ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಜ (Kannada script)
• កាជ (Khmer script)
• ກາຊ (Lao script)
• കാജ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐖 (Newa script)
• କାଜ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖕 (Siddham script)
• කාජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚑 (Takri script)
• காஜ (Tamil script)
• కాజ (Telugu script)
• กาช (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

काज • (kāja) stem, n

1. a wooden hammer

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of काज (kāja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काजम् kājam	काजे kāje	काजानि / काजा¹ kājāni / kājā¹
Vocative	काज kāja	काजे kāje	काजानि / काजा¹ kājāni / kājā¹
Accusative	काजम् kājam	काजे kāje	काजानि / काजा¹ kājāni / kājā¹
Instrumental	काजेन kājena	काजाभ्याम् kājābhyām	काजैः / काजेभिः¹ kājaiḥ / kājebhiḥ¹
Dative	काजाय kājāya	काजाभ्याम् kājābhyām	काजेभ्यः kājebhyaḥ
Ablative	काजात् kājāt	काजाभ्याम् kājābhyām	काजेभ्यः kājebhyaḥ
Genitive	काजस्य kājasya	काजयोः kājayoḥ	काजानाम् kājānām
Locative	काजे kāje	काजयोः kājayoḥ	काजेषु kājeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “काज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 268.