कजरा

Hindi

Etymology

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Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀮 (kajjala)

Hindi कजरा (kajrā)

Borrowed from Braj [Term?], from Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀮 (kajjala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəd͡ʒ.ɾɑː/, [kɐd͡ʒ.ɾäː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: कज‧रा

Noun

कजरा • (kajrā) m (Urdu spelling کَجْرا)

1. lampblack
2. kohl

   Synonym: काजल (kājal)

Declension

Declension of कजरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कजरा kajrā	कजरे kajre
oblique	कजरे kajre	कजरों kajrõ
vocative	कजरे kajre	कजरो kajro

Adjective

कजरा • (kajrā) (Urdu spelling کَجْرا)

1. black, of soot colour
2. having kohl applied to the eyes

Declension

Declension of कजरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	कजरा kajrā	कजरे kajre	कजरी kajrī	कजरी kajrī
oblique	कजरे kajre	कजरे kajre	कजरी kajrī	कजरी kajrī
vocative	कजरे kajre	कजरे kajre	कजरी kajrī	कजरी kajrī

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कजरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कजरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha