اژدہا

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See also: اژدها

Urdu

Etymology

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    Classical Persian اَژْدَهَا (aždahā)bor.
    Urdu اَژْدَہا (aźdahā)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian اَژْدَهَا (aždahā), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi اژدہا (aždha).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    اَژْدَہا • (aźdahā) m (Hindi spelling अज़दहा)

    1. dragon
    2. a very large snake; python; boa
      Synonym: اجگر (ajgar)

    Declension

        Declension of اژدہا
    singular plural
    direct اَژْدَہا (aźdahā) اَژْدَہے (aźdahe)
    oblique اَژْدَہے (aźdahe) اَژْدَہوں (aźdahõ)
    vocative اَژْدَہے (aźdahe) اَژْدَہو (aźdaho)

    References

    1. ^ “اژدہا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اژدہا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “اژدہا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • “اژدہا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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