جیرا
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀕 (jīraga), from Sanskrit जीरक (jī́raka). Doublet of زِیرَہ (zīra).
Cognates include Assamese জীৰা (zira), Bengali জিরা (jira), Dhivehi ދިރި (diri), Gujarati જીરું (jīrũ), Marathi जिरीं (jirī̃), Nepali जिरो (jiro), Odia ଜୀର (jira), Punjabi جيرا (jīrā), Sindhi جيِرو (jīro), and Sinhalese දුරු (duru)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiː.ɾɑː/
Noun
[edit]جِیرا • (jīrā) m (Hindi spelling जीरा)
Further reading
[edit]- “جیرا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جیرا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- John Shakespear (1834) “جیرا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC