ज़रा

See also: जरा, जरो, जोर, ज़ीरा, जीरा, ज़ार, and ज़ोर

Hindi

Alternative forms

जरा (jarā) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zarra), from Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾɑː/, [zɐ.ɾäː], /d͡ʒə.ɾɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɾäː]

Determiner

ज़रा • (zarā) (Urdu spelling ذرا)

a little, a small amount of

Adverb

ज़रा • (zarā) (Urdu spelling ذرا)

a little, slightly, just
kindly, would you?, please; used to make a polite request
ज़रा दरवाज़ा बंद कर दीजिये
zarā darvāzā band kar dījiye
Close the door, if you may

Derived terms

ज़रा ज़रा (zarā zarā, “little by little, every little bit”)
ज़रा सा (zarā sā, “a little (of)”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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