हरजाई

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هرجا (harjā) +‎ -आई (-āī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɾ.d͡ʒɑː.iː/, [ɦɐɾ.d͡ʒäː.iː]

Adjective

हरजाई • (harjāī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ہرجائی)

1. belonging to every place

Noun

हरजाई • (harjāī) m

1. a husband or wife who has numerous affairs
2. a flirt, vagabond

Declension

Declension of हरजाई (masc ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हरजाई harjāī	हरजाई harjāī
oblique	हरजाई harjāī	हरजाइयों harjāiyõ
vocative	हरजाई harjāī	हरजाइयो harjāiyo

References

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