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maza[prob. Zend mazaṅh; S. महस् ; but cf. A. mazzat, inf. n. of un. of مزّ 'to suck,' etc.], s.m. Taste savour, smack, relish; delight, pleasure, enjoyment; anything agreeable to the palate or to the mind, etc.; a delicacy, a tidbit; a bon-mot; jest, joke, fun, sport, amusement:—maza uṛānā, v.n. To give free scope to pleasure or enjoyment, to enjoy oneself, to revel (in):—maza ćaḵẖānāor ćakhā-denā, or maza dikhānā(-ko), To give (one) a taste (of, -kā); to show (one) some sport or fun, to afford (one) enjoyment; (ironic.) to spoil the pleasure, or enjoyment, or sport (of):—maza-dār, vulg. maze-dār, adj. Tasty, savoury, tasteful, palatable, delicious:—maza-dārī, vulg. mazedārī, s.f. Tastiness, savouriness, deliciousness;—taste, flavour;—pleasure, enjoyment:—maze karnā, To enjoy oneself; to enjoy or amuse oneself (at the expense of), to make sport or fun (of), to laugh (at):—maze-kā, adj. (f. -kī) = maza-dār, q.v.;—maze-kībāt, A thing that affords pleasure, or amusement; anything strange or funny; a jest, joke, pleasantry:—maza lenā, or maza lūṭnā, To take pleasure, to enjoy ooneself, to revel (syn. maza uṛānā):—be-maza, adj. Tasteless, insipid, flavourless, vapid;—out of humour, displeased, offended.
Origin: Persian