ਹਜ਼ਾਰ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هزار (hazār). Compare Hindi हज़ार (hazār).

Numeral

ਹਜ਼ਾਰ • (hazār) (Shahmukhi spelling ہزار)

1. a thousand; one thousand

   Synonym: ਸਹੰਸ (sahansa) (archaic)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਹਜ਼ਾਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.