Word Meaning
औज़ा
auzā
hinoun
Meaning
Manners, behaviors, conditions, or customs (plural of waza).
Detailed Meaning
'Auza' (Arabic 'awḍāʿ') is the plural of 'waza', denoting conduct, habits, or circumstances of life. In Ghalib's couplet, it refers to the moral conduct and ways of contemporary mankind ('abnā-e zamāñ'). The poet uses it satirically to remark on how the people of his era repay virtue with malice.
Etymology
Arabic, plural form of 'waḍʿ' (وضع), meaning state, posture, condition, or habit.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it commonly appears in Persian izafat compounds to lament the deceitful ways and fickle customs of the world.
Examples
auza-e-zamaana (the ways of the times)
auza-e-deegar (changed manners or states)
Synonyms
अतवारचाल-चलनतौर-तरीक़ेहालात
Related Words
वज़अवज़अ-दारीअब्ना-ए-ज़माँ