जनाज़ा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian جنازه (janāza), from Arabic جَنَازَة (janāza). Compare Assamese জানাজা (zanaza), Bengali জানাজা (janaja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जनाज़ा • (janāzā) m (Urdu spelling جنازہ)
- mortuary bier, coffin
- जनाज़ा उठना ― janāzā uṭhnā ― a funeral to begin (literally, “a coffin to be raised”)
- corpse
Declension edit
Declension of जनाज़ा (masc ā-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “janāzā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press