ذرا

Arabic

Root
ذ ر و (ḏ-r-w)

Alternative forms

• ذَرَى (ḏarā)

Verb

ذَرَا • (ḏarā) I, non-past يَذْرُو‎ (yaḏrū)

1. to carry away, to disperse, to scatter (transitive, esp. of the wind)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:45:

     وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَثَلَ ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَٰهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِرًا

     waḍrib lahum maṯala l-ḥayāti d-dunyā kamāʔin ʔanzalnāhu mina s-samāʔi faḵtalaṭa bihi nabātu l-ʔarḍi faʔaṣbaḥa hašīman taḏrūhu r-riyāḥu wakāna llāhu ʕalā kulli šayʔin muqtadiran

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to throw grain against the wind to clean it, to winnow
3. to sow
4. to give over, to leave
5. to be carried off, to disappear, to go away
6. to run fast
7. to break (intransitive)
8. to lose the teeth

Conjugation

Conjugation of

ذَرَا

(form-I final-weak, verbal noun ذَرْو)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						ذَرْو ḏarw
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						ذَارٍ ḏārin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَذْرُوّ maḏruww
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ذَرَوْتُ ḏarawtu	ذَرَوْتَ ḏarawta	ذَرَا ḏarā		ذَرَوْتُمَا ḏarawtumā	ذَرَوَا ḏarawā		ذَرَوْنَا ḏarawnā	ذَرَوْتُمْ ḏarawtum	ذَرَوْا ḏaraw
	f		ذَرَوْتِ ḏarawti	ذَرَتْ ḏarat			ذَرَتَا ḏaratā			ذَرَوْتُنَّ ḏarawtunna	ذَرَوْنَ ḏarawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَذْرُو ʔaḏrū	تَذْرُو taḏrū	يَذْرُو yaḏrū		تَذْرُوَانِ taḏruwāni	يَذْرُوَانِ yaḏruwāni		نَذْرُو naḏrū	تَذْرُونَ taḏrūna	يَذْرُونَ yaḏrūna
	f		تَذْرِينَ taḏrīna	تَذْرُو taḏrū			تَذْرُوَانِ taḏruwāni			تَذْرُونَ taḏrūna	يَذْرُونَ yaḏrūna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَذْرُوَ ʔaḏruwa	تَذْرُوَ taḏruwa	يَذْرُوَ yaḏruwa		تَذْرُوَا taḏruwā	يَذْرُوَا yaḏruwā		نَذْرُوَ naḏruwa	تَذْرُوا taḏrū	يَذْرُوا yaḏrū
	f		تَذْرِي taḏrī	تَذْرُوَ taḏruwa			تَذْرُوَا taḏruwā			تَذْرُونَ taḏrūna	يَذْرُونَ yaḏrūna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَذْرُ ʔaḏru	تَذْرُ taḏru	يَذْرُ yaḏru		تَذْرُوَا taḏruwā	يَذْرُوَا yaḏruwā		نَذْرُ naḏru	تَذْرُوا taḏrū	يَذْرُوا yaḏrū
	f		تَذْرِي taḏrī	تَذْرُ taḏru			تَذْرُوَا taḏruwā			تَذْرُونَ taḏrūna	يَذْرُونَ yaḏrūna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُذْرُ uḏru			اُذْرُوَا uḏruwā				اُذْرُوا uḏrū
	f		اُذْرِي uḏrī							اُذْرُونَ uḏrūna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ذُرِيتُ ḏurītu	ذُرِيتَ ḏurīta	ذُرِيَ ḏuriya		ذُرِيتُمَا ḏurītumā	ذُرِيَا ḏuriyā		ذُرِينَا ḏurīnā	ذُرِيتُمْ ḏurītum	ذُرُوا ḏurū
	f		ذُرِيتِ ḏurīti	ذُرِيَتْ ḏuriyat			ذُرِيَتَا ḏuriyatā			ذُرِيتُنَّ ḏurītunna	ذُرِينَ ḏurīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُذْرَى ʔuḏrā	تُذْرَى tuḏrā	يُذْرَى yuḏrā		تُذْرَيَانِ tuḏrayāni	يُذْرَيَانِ yuḏrayāni		نُذْرَى nuḏrā	تُذْرَوْنَ tuḏrawna	يُذْرَوْنَ yuḏrawna
	f		تُذْرَيْنَ tuḏrayna	تُذْرَى tuḏrā			تُذْرَيَانِ tuḏrayāni			تُذْرَيْنَ tuḏrayna	يُذْرَيْنَ yuḏrayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُذْرَى ʔuḏrā	تُذْرَى tuḏrā	يُذْرَى yuḏrā		تُذْرَيَا tuḏrayā	يُذْرَيَا yuḏrayā		نُذْرَى nuḏrā	تُذْرَوْا tuḏraw	يُذْرَوْا yuḏraw
	f		تُذْرَيْ tuḏray	تُذْرَى tuḏrā			تُذْرَيَا tuḏrayā			تُذْرَيْنَ tuḏrayna	يُذْرَيْنَ yuḏrayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُذْرَ ʔuḏra	تُذْرَ tuḏra	يُذْرَ yuḏra		تُذْرَيَا tuḏrayā	يُذْرَيَا yuḏrayā		نُذْرَ nuḏra	تُذْرَوْا tuḏraw	يُذْرَوْا yuḏraw
	f		تُذْرَيْ tuḏray	تُذْرَ tuḏra			تُذْرَيَا tuḏrayā			تُذْرَيْنَ tuḏrayna	يُذْرَيْنَ yuḏrayna

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ذرا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 86
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ذرا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 964
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ذرا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 427
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ذرا”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 386

Urdu

Alternative forms

• ذَرَّہ (zarra)

Etymology

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

Adjective

ذرا • (zarā) (Hindi spelling ज़रा)

1. little, small, a bit
2. insignificant, trivial
3. tiny, teeny
4. minuscule
5. petit

Adverb

ذرا • (zarā) (Hindi spelling ज़रा)

1. a little
2. little
3. just
4. (used to express polite requests) kindly, please, would you?, could you?, may I?, if you will, if you may, if you please

   ذرا دروازہ بند کر دیجیے ― zarā darvāza band kar dījiye ― Close the door, if you may