حجره

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُجْرَة (ḥujra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hud͡ʒ.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊd͡ʒ.ɾä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊd͡ʒ.ɾä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊd͡ʒ.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔud͡ʒ.ɾä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hod͡ʒ.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hud͡ʒ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	hujra
Dari reading?	hujra
Iranian reading?	hojre
Tajik reading?	hujra

Noun

Dari	حجره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳуҷра

حجره • (hojre) (plural حجرات (hojorât) or حجره‌ها (hojre-hâ))

1. compartment, cell, chamber; particularly:
   1. (archaic) an individual's chamber in a house
   2. a merchant's compartment in a bazaar
      • 2015, Hojjat Ashrafzadeh, "Mah o Mahi"

        از چشم تو و چشم تو و حجره فیروزه ‌تراشی

        Of your eye -- your eye, and the turquoise cutting chamber

   3. a student's room in a seminary
   4. a compartment in a caravanserai
   5. a chamber in a hammam

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “حجره”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “حجره”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr