मज़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مزه‎ (maze), from Middle Persian m(y)ck' (mazig), from Old Persian [Term?]. Compare Sanskrit महस् (mahas, “pleasure, enjoyment”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mə.zɑː/

Noun

मज़ा • (mazā) m (Urdu spelling مزہ‎)

  1. joy, pleasure
    • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib :
      मज़े जहान के अपनी नज़र में ख़ाक नहीं
      सिवाए ख़ून-ए-जिगर सो जिगर में ख़ाक नहीं
      maze jahān ke apnī nazar mẽ xāk nahī̃
      sivāe xūn-e-jigar so jigar mẽ xāk nahī̃
      The joys of the world are are nothing to me
      besides blood there is no feeling in my heart
    घर के मज़े यही हैं। ― ghar ke maze yahī hain. ― These are the joys of home.
  2. relish, enjoyment
    मुझे गाने का मज़ा नहीं आया।
    mujhe gāne kā mazā nahī̃ āyā.
    I did not enjoy the food.

Declension
Declension of मज़ा
Singular Plural
Direct मज़ा (mazā) मज़े (maze)
Oblique मज़े (maze) मज़ों (mazõ)
Vocative मज़े (maze) मज़ो (mazo)

Derived terms
  • मज़ेदार (mazedār, “fun, relishing”)
  • मजाकिया (majākiyā, “funny, humorous”)

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मज़ा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “मज़ा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
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