जुर्रत

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian جُرْأَت (jur'at), from Arabic جُرْأَة (jurʔa). First attested in c. 1741[1] as Middle Hindi جرات (jrat /⁠jurat⁠/).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊɾ.ɾət̪/, [d͡ʒʊr.rɐt̪]
  • Hyphenation: जु‧र्रत, जुर्‧रत
  • Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

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जुर्रत (jurratf (Urdu spelling جُرّأَت)

  1. courage, nerve, daring
    Synonyms: हिम्मत (himmat), साहस (sāhas)

Declension

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Alternative forms

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References

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  1. ^ جُرْأَت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “jurrat”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 390.

Further reading

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