ज़ेवरात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیوَرَات (zēwarāt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zeː.ʋə.ɾɑːt̪/, [zeː.ʋɐ.ɾäːt̪], /d͡ʒeː.ʋə.ɾɑːt̪/, [d͡ʒeː.ʋɐ.ɾäːt̪]
• Hyphenation: ज़े‧व‧रात
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

ज़ेवरात • (zevarāt) m pl (Urdu spelling زیوَرات)

1. irregular direct plural of ज़ेवर (zevar): ornaments, jewellery

Declension

Declension of ज़ेवर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़ेवर zevar	ज़ेवर, ज़ेवरात zevar, zevarāt
oblique	ज़ेवर zevar	ज़ेवरों, ज़ेवरातों zevarõ, zevarātõ
vocative	ज़ेवर zevar	ज़ेवरो, ज़ेवरातो zevaro, zevarāto

Further reading

More information

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़ेवरात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेवरात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1793
• “zevaraat”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “zevarāt”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 938.