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Urdu
Etymology
Deverbal from کھوجْنا (khojnā, “to seek; search”),[1] inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀚 (khojja).[2] Compare Gujarati ખોજ (khoj), Maithili खोज (khōj), Bengali খোঁজা (khō̃ja), Assamese খোজ (khüz, “step, footprint; ask for”), Odia ଖୋଜ (khoja).
Pronunciation
Noun
کھوج • (khoj) m (Hindi spelling खोज)
- search, quest
- Synonyms: تَلاس (talās), ڈُھونْڈ (ḍhūnḍ)
- research
- Synonym: تَحْقِیق (tahqīq)
- finding, exploration
- aware; familiarity[3]
- basis (ie. foundation)[4]
- trace; mark; clue
- Synonym: پَتَہ (pata)
- footprint
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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کھوج (khoj)
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کھوج (khoj)
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| oblique
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کھوج (khoj)
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کھوجوں (khojõ)
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| vocative
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کھوج (khoj)
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کھوجو (khojo)
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Verb
کھوج • (khoj) (Hindi spelling खोज)
- inflection of کھوجْنا (khojnā):
- stem
- second-person singular intimate present imperative
References
- ^ “کھوج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khojja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 208
- ^ Farhang-i-Asifiya
- ^ Noor-ul-Lugaat
Further reading
More information
- “کھوج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کهوج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 511
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کهوج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 882
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “کهوج”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 975
- John Shakespear (1834) “کهوج”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC