मग़ज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مغز (mağz), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mzg /⁠mazg⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazǰʰā́. Doublet of भेजा (bhejā). Cognate of Assamese মগজু (mogozu), Bengali মগজ (mogoj), English marrow.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɣəz/, [mɐ.ɣɐz], /mə.ɡəd͡ʒ/, [mɐ.ɡɐd͡ʒ], /mə.ɡəz/, [mɐ.ɡɐz], /mə.ɡəd͡ʒ/, [mɐ.ɡɐd͡ʒ]

Noun

मग़ज़ • (maġaz) m (Urdu spelling مغز)

1. (uncommon) brain

   Synonyms: दिमाग़ (dimāġ), भेजा (bhejā), मस्तिष्क (mastiṣk)

2. pulp, meat

Declension

Declension of मग़ज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मग़ज़ maġaz	मग़ज़ maġaz
oblique	मग़ज़ maġaz	मग़ज़ों maġazõ
vocative	मग़ज़ maġaz	मग़ज़ो maġazo

References

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