एवज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عوض ('iwaz), from Arabic عِوَض (ʕiwaḍ). Compare Marathi ऐवजी (aivjī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /eː.ʋəz/, [eː.ʋɐz], /eː.ʋəd͡ʒ/, [eː.ʋɐd͡ʒ]

Noun

एवज़ • (evaz) m (Urdu spelling عوض)

1. substitute
2. exchange, return, requital

Declension

Declension of एवज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	एवज़ evaz	एवज़ evaz
oblique	एवज़ evaz	एवज़ों evazõ
vocative	एवज़ evaz	एवज़ो evazo

References

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