بجائے

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بجای (ba-jāy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.d͡ʒɑː.eː/

Adverb

بَجائے • (bajāe) (Hindi spelling बजाए)

1. instead, alternatively

References

• “بجائے”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بجائے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.