अज़दहा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अजदहा (ajdahā) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اژدها (aždahâ), from Middle Persian ʾcydhʾk' (az(i)dahāg), from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka). Compare Bengali আজদাহা (ajdaha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əz.d̪ə.ɦɑː/, [ɐz.d̪ɐ.ɦäː], /əd͡ʒ.d̪ə.ɦɑː/, [ɐd͡ʒ.d̪ɐ.ɦäː]

Noun

अज़दहा • (azdahā) m (Urdu spelling اژدہا)

1. dragon
2. a very large snake; python; boa

   Synonym: अजगर (ajgar)

Declension

Declension of अज़दहा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अज़दहा azdahā	अज़दहे azdahe
oblique	अज़दहे azdahe	अज़दहों azdahõ
vocative	अज़दहे azdahe	अज़दहो azdaho

References

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