بوجھ

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀛 (vojjha), from Sanskrit वह्य (vahyá),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wóǵʰ-yo-s (“fit to be carried”), from *weǵʰ- (“to carry, draw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

بوجھ • (bojh) m (Hindi spelling बोझ)

  1. burden, load (ie. weight)
  2. (figuratively) obligation (ie. responsibility)
  3. encumbrance
  4. worry; grief (often on the heart)
  5. bundle, pack
  6. ballast (of a boat or ship)[2]

Declension

Declension of بوجھ
singular plural
direct بوجھ (bojh) بوجھ (bojh)
oblique بوجھ (bojh) بوجھوں (bojhō̃)
vocative بوجھ (bojh) بوجھو (bojhō)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vahyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 669
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “بوجهہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 174

Further reading

More information
  • “بوجھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بوجھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بوجهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 121
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “بوجھ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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