ज़रा

See also: जरा, जरो, जोर, ज़ीरा, जीरा, ज़ार, and ज़ोर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जरा (jarā) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ذره (zarra), from Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾɑː/, [zɐ.ɾäː], /d͡ʒə.ɾɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɾäː]

Determiner

ज़रा • (zarā) (Urdu spelling ذرا)

1. a little, a small amount of

Adverb

ज़रा • (zarā) (Urdu spelling ذرا)

1. a little, slightly, just
2. kindly, would you?, please; used to make a polite request

   ज़रा दरवाज़ा बंद कर दीजिये

   zarā darvāzā band kar dījiye

   Close the door, if you may

Derived terms

• ज़रा ज़रा (zarā zarā, “little by little, every little bit”)
• ज़रा सा (zarā sā, “a little (of)”)

References

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