مزدور

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (myzdwbl /⁠mizdwar⁠/, “hireling”). See مزد‎ (mozd).

Noun

مزدور • (mozdur)

  1. mercenary

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مزدور‎ (muzdūr, “mercenary; labourer”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊz.d̪uːɾ/
  • (common) IPA(key): [məz.d̪uːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ
  • Hyphenation: مُز‧دُور

Noun

مُزْدُور • (muzdūr) m (Hindi spelling मज़दूर)

  1. labourer, worker
  2. porter, carrier, coolly

Declension
Declension of مزدور‎
singular plural
direct مُزْدُور‎ (muzdūr) مُزْدُور‎ (muzdūr)
oblique مُزْدُور‎ (muzdūr) مُزْدُوروں‎ (muzdūrō̃)
vocative مُزْدُور‎ (muzdūr) مُزْدُورو‎ (muzdūrō)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • مَزْدُوری‎ (mazdūrī, “labour”)

Further reading
  • “مزدور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مزدور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مزدور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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