کاغذ

کاغذ (kağız) (definite accusative کاغذی‎ (kağızı), plural کاغذلار‎ (kağızlar))

1. Arabic spelling of kağız

• کاغد‎ (kâğad, kâğed)

From Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰‎ (kʾɣδʾ /kāγaδā/).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /kɑːɣað~kɑːɣið/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /kɒːɣaz~kɒːɣɪz/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /kɒːɢæz~kɒːɢez/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /kɔːɣaz~kɔːɣiz/

• Audio (Iran)

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کاغذ • (kâğaz, kâğez) (plural کاغذها‎ (kâğaz, kâğez-hâ))

1. paper
   • Nāsir Xusraw, Safarnāma, section 22:

     ‏و در آن جا کاغذ نیکو سازند مثل کاغذ سمرقندی بل بهتر‎

     va dar ân jâ kâğaz-i nêkô sâzand mis̱l-i kâğaz-i samarqandî bal bihtar

     And they make high-quality paper over there, similar to Samarqand paper, but even better.

2. letter

• کاغذی‎ (kâğazi)
• کاغذبازی‎ (kâğazbâzi)

• → Arabic: كَاغَد‎ (kāḡad), كَاغِذ‎ (kāḡiḏ), كَاغَذ‎ (kāḡaḏ), كَاغِيد‎ (kāḡīd)
• → Georgian: ქაღალდი (kaɣaldi)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: काग़ज़ (kāġaz), कागद (kāgad)

  • → Sanskrit: कर्गद (kargada)

  → Urdu: کاغذ‎ (kāġaz)

• → Marathi: कागद (kāgad)
• → Punjabi: کاغذ‎ / ਕਾਗ਼ਜ਼ (kāġaz)
• → Rajasthani: कागद (kāgad)
• → Sindhi: ڪاغذ‎ (kāġazu)
• → Tamil: காகிதம் (kākitam)

• B. Gharib (2013), “Sogdian language i. Loanwords in Persian”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کاغذ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “کاغذ”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 773–774

Borrowed from Persian کاغذ‎ (kâğaz).

• IPA^(key): /käː.ɣəz/

کاغذ • (kāġaz) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਗ਼ਜ਼)

1. paper

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاغذ‎ (kāğaz).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɣəz/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɣəz/

• Audio (PK)

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• Rhymes: -əz
• Hyphenation: کا‧غَذ

کاغَذ • (kāġaẕ) m (plural کاغَذات‎, Hindi spelling काग़ज़)

1. paper
2. document

   Synonym: دَسْتَاویز‎ (dastāvez)

3. note

• “کاغذ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کاغذ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

From Urdu کاغذ‎ (kāğaz).

کاغذ (kāğaz)

1. paper

   Synonym: قاغز (qāğaz)

2. trash, junk, waste