See also: زیرہ and زىرە

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Etymology

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Cognate with Baluchi زیرگ (zirrag), Northern Kurdish zîre, Central Kurdish زیرە (zîre), Southern Kurdish زیرە (zîre), Sogdian [script needed] (zyr'kk /⁠zîrê⁠/), and distantly with Sanskrit जीरक (jīraka).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? zīra
Dari reading? zīra
Iranian reading? zire
Tajik reading? zira

Noun

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Dari زیره
Iranian Persian
Tajik зира

زیره (zire)

  1. caraway (Clipping of زیرهٔ سیاه.)
  2. black cumin, seed of Elwendia persica
  3. cumin (Clipping of زیرهٔ سبز.)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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