گج

See also: گچ, کخ, and کج

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गज (gaja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡəd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -əd͡ʒ

Noun

گَج • (gaj) m (Hindi spelling गज) (rare)

1. elephant

   Synonym: ہاتھی (hāthī)

References

• “گج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “گج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “گج”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC