জেরাত

Bengali

Alternative forms

জিরাৎ (jirat), জেরাৎ (jerat), জিরাত (jirat)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian , from Arabic زِرَاعَة (zirāʕa)

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /zeɾat̪/, [ˈzeɾat̪]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /zeɹat̪/, [ˈzeɹat̪]

Noun

জেরাত • (jerat) (objective জেরাত (jerat) or জেরাতকে (jeratoke), genitive জেরাতের (jerater), locative জেরাতে (jerate))

cultivation, agriculture
Synonyms: কৃষিকার্য (kriśikarjo), কৃষি (kriśi), খেতি (kheti)

দেশে এক কালে তাহার জরু গরু জমিজেরাত সব ই ছিল
deśe ek kale tahar joru goru jomijerat śoboi chilo
In the country, he once had wives, cows, land, agriculture, everything.
- Rajshekhar Basu

References

Accessible Dictionary, “জিরাত, জেরাত” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “জিরাত, জিরাৎ, জেরাত” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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