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کجرا

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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کَجْرا (kajrām (Hindi spelling कजरा)

  1. lampblack
  2. kohl
    Synonym: کاجَل (kājal)

Declension

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Declension of کجرا
singular plural
direct کَجْرا (kajrā) کَجْرے (kajre)
oblique کَجْرے (kajre) کَجْروں (kajrõ)
vocative کَجْرے (kajre) کَجْرو (kajro)

Further reading

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  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “کجرا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “کجرا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 896
  • کجرا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • کجرا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.