ज़र
See also: जर
Hindi edit
Etymology 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 Punjabi ਜ਼ਰ (zar) / زَر (zar), Gujarati જર (jar), Marathi जर (j̈ar).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ज़र • (zar) m (Urdu spelling زر)
Derived terms edit
- ज़रगर (zargar)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 360