کاغذ kāg̠az̤ for orig. kāg̠ad; said to be fr. kāg̠, 'sound or noise'+da, 'giving forth'
P کاغذ kāg̠az̤ (for orig. kāg̠ad; said to be fr. kāg̠, 'sound or noise'+da, 'giving forth'), s.m. Paper; a paper, writing, document, deed; a charter, patent; an account; a note of hand, a bond; a printed or written sheet, a newspaper:—kāg̠aẕ-bahā, s.m. Office allowance for stationery;—kāg̠aẕ-sā, adj. Paper-like; thin as paper:—kāg̠aẕ-ě-sarkārī, s.m. Government paper, a government promissory note; a currency note; registered or stamped paper:—kāg̠aẕ siyāh karnā, To blacken paper, to scribble:—kāg̠aẕ-farosh, s.m. A paper-seller, a stationer:—kāg̠aẕ-qalam-dāwāt, Paper, pens and ink; stationery:—kāg̠aẕ-kā paṭā-bāz, s.m. A puppet;—a thin active fellow:—kāg̠aẕ karnā, To prepare or make up (one's) papers; to adjust or balance (one's) accounts;—to give a note of hand or bond:—kāg̠aẕ-ke ghoṛe, s.m. (colloq.) 'Paper-horses'; active correspondence;—kāg̠aẕ-ke ghoṛe dauṛānā, To keep up an active (or a brisk) correspondence:—kāg̠aẕ kholnā (-ke), To open the papers (of); to expose the misdeeds (of):—kāg̠aẕ likhnā or likh-denā (-ko), To give a written bond or note of hand (to):—kāg̠aẕ likhwā-lenā (-se), To take a bond or note of hand (from):—kāg̠az̤ milānā (se), To compare papers, &c. (with); to examine or check accounts:—pakkā kāg̠aẕ, s.m. Thick, stiff paper;—stamped paper:—ćiṭṭhī-kā kāg̠aẕ, s.m. Note-paper, letter-paper:—kaććā kāg̠aẕ, s.m. Inferior country paper;—unstamped paper:—korā kāg̠aẕ, or be-likhā kāg̠aẕ, s.m. Blank paper.
