زیره

See also: زیرہ and زىرە

Persian

Alternative forms

ژیره (žire) (archaic)

Etymology

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Cognate with Baluchi (zirrag), Northern Kurdish zîre, Central Kurdish زیرە (zîre), Southern Kurdish زیرە (zîre), Sogdian [script needed] (zyr'kk /⁠zîrê⁠/), and distantly with Sanskrit जीरक (jīraka).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ziː.ˈɾa]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɾǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zīra
Dari reading^?	zīra
Iranian reading^?	zire
Tajik reading^?	zira

Noun


Iranian Persian	زیره
Dari	زیره
Tajik	зира

زیره • (zire)

caraway (Clipping of .)
black cumin, seed of Elwendia persica
cumin (Clipping of .)

Derived terms

زیرهٔ سیاه (zire-ye siyâh)
زیرهٔ سبز (zire-ye sabz)
زیرهٔ سفید (zire-ye sefid)
شاه‌زیره (šâh-zire)
زیرهٔ کوهی (zire-ye kuhi)
زیرهٔ رومی (zire-ye rômi)
زیرهٔ کرمانی (zire-ye kermâni)
زیره به کرمان بردن (zire be kermân bordan)
زیره‌با (zire-bâ)
آش زیره (âš-e zire)
زیره‌پلو (zire-polow)
شاه‌زیره (šâh-zire)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: zirə / زیره, cirə
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: ज़ीरा (zīrā)
- Urdu: زیرہ (zīrā)
→ Kashmiri: زیره / ज़ीर (zīr)
→ Ottoman Turkish: زیره (zîre)
→ Russian: зира (zira)
→ Ukrainian: зіра (zira) (not directly)
→ Uyghur: زىرە (zire)
- → Chinese: 孜然 (zīrán)

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