जाँबाज़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जानबाज़ (jānbāz)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جانباز (jānbāz, literally “one who would offer up their life”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑːm.bɑːz/, [d͡ʒä̃ːm.bäːz], /d͡ʒɑːm.bɑːd͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒä̃ːm.bäːd͡ʒ]

Adjective

जाँबाज़ • (jāmbāz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling جانباز)

1. intrepid, venturesome, brave

   Synonyms: बहादुर (bahādur), वीर (vīr), साहसी (sāhsī)

Derived terms

• जाँबाज़ी (jāmbāzī)

Noun

जाँबाज़ • (jāmbāz) m (Urdu spelling جانباز)

1. daredevil, adventurer

Declension

Declension of जाँबाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाँबाज़ jāmbāz	जाँबाज़ jāmbāz
oblique	जाँबाज़ jāmbāz	जाँबाज़ों jāmbāzõ
vocative	जाँबाज़ jāmbāz	जाँबाज़ो jāmbāzo

References

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