मोहताज

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुहताज (muhtāj)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحْتَاج (muḥtāj), active and passive participle of اِحْتَاجَ (iḥtāja, “to need”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /moːɦ.t̪ɑːd͡ʒ/, [moːʱ.t̪äːd͡ʒ]

Adjective

मोहताज • (mohtāj) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling محتاج)

1. needy, wanting

   Synonym: ज़रूरतमंद (zarūratmand)

   प्रजा दाना-पानी के लिए मोहताज है।

   prajā dānā-pānī ke lie mohtāj hai.

   The people are in need of food and water.

2. destitute, poor

   Synonyms: ग़रीब (ġarīb), दरिद्र (daridra), निर्धन (nirdhan), धनहीन (dhanhīn)

Noun

मोहताज • (mohtāj) m (Urdu spelling محتاج)

1. pauper, beggar, a poor person

   Synonyms: ग़रीब (ġarīb), दरिद्र (daridra)

Declension

Declension of मोहताज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मोहताज mohtāj	मोहताज mohtāj
oblique	मोहताज mohtāj	मोहताजों mohtājõ
vocative	मोहताज mohtāj	मोहताजो mohtājo

References

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