काज
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑːd͡ʒ/, [käːd͡ʒ]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kajja), from Sanskrit कार्य (kārya). Doublet of कार्य (kārya).
Noun
काज • (kāj) m (Urdu spelling کاج)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | काज kāj |
काज kāj |
| oblique | काज kāj |
काजों kājõ |
| vocative | काज kāj |
काजो kājo |
Derived terms
- कामकाज (kāmkāj)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese casa. Cognate with Bengali কাজ-ঘর (kaj-ghor).
Noun
काज • (kāj) m (Urdu spelling کاج)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | काज kāj |
काज kāj |
| oblique | काज kāj |
काजों kājõ |
| vocative | काज kāj |
काजो kājo |
Descendants
- → Dari: کَاج (kāj)
- → Kashmiri: کاج (kāj)
- → Marwari: काज (kāj)
- ⇒ Mewari: काच (kāc)
- → Odia: କାଜ (kāja)
- → Punjabi: ਕਾਜ (kāj)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “काज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Old Awadhi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit कज्ज (kajja), from Sanskrit कार्य (kāryà).
Noun
काज (kāja)
- work, task
- c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Hanumān Cālīsā:
- दुर्गम काज जगत के जेते।
सुगम अनुग्रह तुम्हरे तेते॥- durgama kāja jagata ke jete.
sugama anugraha tumhare tete. - All the arduous tasks in the world
Are rendered easy by thy grace.
- durgama kāja jagata ke jete.
- दुर्गम काज जगत के जेते।
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কাজ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬚ (Balinese script)
- কাজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- ကာဇ (Burmese script)
- કાજ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦗ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂔 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಜ (Kannada script)
- កាជ (Khmer script)
- ກາຊ (Lao script)
- കാജ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐖 (Newa script)
- କାଜ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖕 (Siddham script)
- කාජ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚑 (Takri script)
- காஜ (Tamil script)
- కాజ (Telugu script)
- กาช (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɑː.d͡ʑɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɑː.d͡ʑɐ/
Noun
काज • (kāja) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | काजम् (kājam) | काजे (kāje) | काजानि (kājāni) काजा¹ (kājā¹) |
| accusative | काजम् (kājam) | काजे (kāje) | काजानि (kājāni) काजा¹ (kājā¹) |
| instrumental | काजेन (kājena) | काजाभ्याम् (kājābhyām) | काजैः (kājaiḥ) काजेभिः¹ (kājebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | काजाय (kājāya) | काजाभ्याम् (kājābhyām) | काजेभ्यः (kājebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | काजात् (kājāt) | काजाभ्याम् (kājābhyām) | काजेभ्यः (kājebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | काजस्य (kājasya) | काजयोः (kājayoḥ) | काजानाम् (kājānām) |
| locative | काजे (kāje) | काजयोः (kājayoḥ) | काजेषु (kājeṣu) |
| vocative | काज (kāja) | काजे (kāje) | काजानि (kājāni) काजा¹ (kājā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “काज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 268.