लज्जा - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Borrowed from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā), from the root लस्ज् (lasj, “to feel shame, to blush”). Doublet of लाज (lāj).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləd̪.d͡ʒɑː/, [lɐd̚.d͡ʒäː]

लज्जा • (lajjā) f

1. shame

   Synonyms: लाज (lāj), शर्म (śarm)

   उसे मारने के बाद, हत्यारे को कोई लज्जा नहीं हुई।

   use mārne ke bād, hatyāre ko koī lajjā nahī̃ huī.

   After killing him, the murderer felt no shame.

2. shyness

   Synonyms: लाज (lāj), शर्म (śarm)

   लज्जा स्त्रियों का गुण है।

   lajjā striyõ kā guṇ hai.

   Shyness is a virtue of the ladies.

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “लज्जा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “लज्जा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

See लज्ज् (lajj).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐd.d͡ʑɑː/, [lɐd̚.d͡ʑɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐd̪.d͡ʑɑː/, [l̪ɐd̪̚.d͡ʑɑː]

लज्जा • (lajjā) stem, f (root लज्ज्)

1. shame, embarrassment, modesty
2. sensitivity, bashfulness

   लज्जा मा अस्तु। ― lajjā mā astu. ― Don't feel shy.

3. (botany) the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)

   Synonym: लज्जालु (lajjālu)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lajjā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press