जीरक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• জীৰক (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬷᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
• জীরক (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰱𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဇီရက (Burmese script)
• જીરક (Gujarati script)
• ਜੀਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍀𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦷꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂲𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಜೀರಕ (Kannada script)
• ជីរក (Khmer script)
• ຊີຣກ (Lao script)
• ജീരക (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡳᡳᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘲𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠢᠢᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧓𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐷𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଜୀରକ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢷꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆵𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖱𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ජීරක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚯𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஜீரக (Tamil script)
• జీరక (Telugu script)
• ชีรก (Thai script)
• ཛཱི་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒲𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate with Persian زیره (zira),

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑiː.ɾɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiː.ɾɐ.kɐ/

Noun

जीरक • (jīraka) stem, m

1. cumin

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: زیُرُ (zyuru)
• Pali: jīraka
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀬 (jīraya)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀕 (jīraga)
      • Hindi: जीरा (jīrā)
        • → English: jeera
        • → Swahili: jira
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: জীৰা (zira)
      • Bengali: জিরা (jira)
      • Bihari: जीरा (jīrā)
        • Maithili: जीर (jīr)
      • Odia: ଜୀରା (jirā)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: जिरो (jiro)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: जिरो (jiro)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: jīrā, jīrī

          Gurmukhi script: ਜੀਰਾ, ਜੀਰੀ

          Shahmukhi script: جِیرَا, جِیرِی

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: jīro|, jīrī

          Arabic script: جِيرو, جِيرِي

          Devanagari script: जीरो, जीरी

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ދިރި (diri)
      • Sinhalese: දුරු (duru)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: जिरीं (jirī̃), जिरें (jirẽ)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: જીરું (jīrũ)

Borrowed terms

• → Malayalam: ജീരകം (jīrakaṁ)
• → Tamil: ஜீரகம் (jīrakam), சீரகம் (cīrakam)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jiraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 288