Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ضرور (zurūr), from Arabic ضُرُور (ḍurūr).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ضُرُور (zurūr) (Hindi spelling ज़रूर)

  1. surely, definitely

Interjection

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ضُرُور (zurūr) (Hindi spelling ज़रूर)

  1. of course

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • John Shakespear (1834) “ضرور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “ضرور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.