महज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محض (mahz), from Arabic مَحْض (maḥḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦəz/, [mɛ.ɦɛz], /mə.ɦəd͡ʒ/, [mɛ.ɦɛd͡ʒ]

Adjective

महज़ • (mahaz) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling محض)

1. only, pure, unchanged

Adverb

महज़ • (mahaz) (Urdu spelling محض)

1. merely, simply

   Synonyms: केवल (keval), निरा (nirā), सिर्फ़ (sirf), बस (bas)

   उसने दिया गया काम महज़ दो दिन में कर लिया।

   usne diyā gayā kām mahaz do din mẽ kar liyā.

   He did the work he was given in merely two days.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “mahz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 798