हाज़िरजवाब

Hindi

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of हाज़िर (hāzir, “present”) +‎ जवाब (javāb, “answer”), i.e. “ready with an answer”.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.zɪɾ.d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, [ɦäː.zɪɾ.d͡ʒɐ.ʋäːb], /ɦɑː.d͡ʒɪɾ.d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, [ɦäː.d͡ʒɪɾ.d͡ʒɐ.ʋäːb]
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Adjective

हाज़िरजवाब • (hāzirjavāb) (indeclinable)

1. quickwitted, quick-thinking

   Synonym: प्रत्युत्पन्नमति (pratyutpannamti)

Derived terms

• हाज़िरजवाबी (hāzirjavābī)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हाजिरजवाब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5487
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “hāzir”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1067