ज़ंजीर

See also: जंजीर and जज़ीरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجیر (zanjīr). First attested as Old Hindi जंजीर (jãjīr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zən.d͡ʒiːɾ/, [zɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːɾ], /d͡ʒən.d͡ʒiːɾ/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːɾ]
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

ज़ंजीर • (zañjīr) f (Urdu spelling زَنْجِیر)

1. chain(s), shackle(s)
   • 1995, Javed Siddiqui, Aditya Chopra, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Amrish Puri (actor), Yash Raj Films, published 1995:

     रोटी पाव की ज़ंजीर बन गयी है।

     roṭī pāv kī zañjīr ban gayī hai.

     Bread has become the chains of my feet.

Declension

Declension of ज़ंजीर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़ंजीर zañjīr	ज़ंजीरें zañjīrẽ
oblique	ज़ंजीर zañjīr	ज़ंजीरों zañjīrõ
vocative	ज़ंजीर zañjīr	ज़ंजीरो zañjīro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zañjīra”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press