See also: ज़र

Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zəɾ/, [zɐɾ], /d͡ʒəɾ/, [d͡ʒɐɾ]

Noun edit

जर (zarm

  1. nuqtaless form of ज़र (zar)

Declension edit

Marathi edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit यर्हि (yárhi).[1] Related to जरी (j̈arī).

Conjunction edit

जर (j̈ar)

  1. if
Usage notes edit

In conditional sentences involving जर (j̈ar) and तर (tar, then), जर (j̈ar) is often omitted.[2][3]

(जर) पाऊस पडला तर []
(j̈ar) pāūs paḍlā tar […]
If it rains, then []

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian زر (zar), from Middle Persian, from Parthian, from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom. Doublet of हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Compare Gujarati જર (jar), Hindi ज़र (zar), Punjabi ਜ਼ਰ (zar) / زَر (zar).

Noun edit

जर (j̈arf

  1. gold or silver thread, brocade

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yárhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Berntsen, Maxine, Nimbkar, Jai (1982) Marathi Structural Patterns, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 308
  3. ^ Dhongde, Ramesh Vaman, Wali, Kashi (2009) Marathi, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co., page 104

Further reading edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “जर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

जर

  1. Devanagari script form of jara (old)

Declension edit