आग़ाज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (āğāz), from Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾγʾz). Compare Bengali আগাজ (agaj), Punjabi ਆਗਾਜ਼ (āgāz).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣɑːz/, [äː.ɣäːz], /ɑː.ɡɑːd͡ʒ/, [äː.ɡäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

आग़ाज़ • (āġāz) m (Urdu spelling آغاز)

start, beginning, commencement
Synonyms: शुरुआत (śuruāt), प्रारंभ (prārambh), आरंभ (ārambh)

Declension

Declension of आग़ाज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आग़ाज़ āġāz	आग़ाज़ āġāz
oblique	आग़ाज़ āġāz	आग़ाज़ों āġāzõ
vocative	आग़ाज़ āġāz	आग़ाज़ो āġāzo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “agaz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 80

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