ज़ाफ़रान
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian زعفران (za'farān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān). Cognate with English saffron.
Pronunciation edit
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zɑːf.ɾɑːn/, [zäːf.ɾä̃ːn], /d͡ʒɑːpʰ.ɾɑːn/, [d͡ʒäːpʰ.ɾä̃ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: ज़ाफ़‧रान
Noun edit
ज़ाफ़रान • (zāfrān) f (Urdu spelling زعفران)
Related terms edit
- जाफ़रानी (jāfrānī)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zāfarāna”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press