کجرا

Urdu

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Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀮 (kajjala)

Urdu کجرا

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀮 (kajjala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəd͡ʒ.ɾɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: کَجْ‧را

Noun

کَجْرا • (kajrā) m (Hindi spelling कजरा)

1. lampblack
2. kohl

   Synonym: کاجَل (kājal)

Declension

Declension of کجرا

	singular	plural
direct	کَجْرا (kajrā)	کَجْرے (kajre)
oblique	کَجْرے (kajre)	کَجْروں (kajrõ)
vocative	کَجْرے (kajre)	کَجْرو (kajro)

Further reading

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “کجرا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 896
• “کجرا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• “کجرا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.