کاجو

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caju. First attested in c. 1708. Ultimately from Old Tupi akaîu.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.d͡ʒuː/
Rhymes: -uː
Hyphenation: کا‧جُو

Noun

کاجُو • (kājū) m (Hindi spelling काजू)

Declension

Declension of **کاجو**
	singular	plural
direct	کاجُو (kājū)	کاجُو (kājū)
oblique	کاجُو (kājū)	کاجُووں (kājūõ)
vocative	کاجُو (kājū)	کاجُوو (kājūo)

Descendants

→ Kashmiri: کاجوٗ (kājū)
→ Punjabi: kājū
Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਜੂ

Shahmukhi script: کاجُو
→ Pashto: کاجو (kāju)

References

Further reading

“کاجو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“کاجو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کاجو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John T. (1884) “کاجو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.