ज़र
See also: जर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زر (zar), from Middle Persian, from Parthian, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom. Doublet of हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Compare Punjabi ਜ਼ਰ (zar) / زَر (zar), Gujarati જર (jar), Marathi जर (j̈ar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zəɾ/, [zɐɾ], /d͡ʒəɾ/, [d͡ʒɐɾ]
Derived terms
- ज़रगर (zargar)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 360
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