ज़र्रा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zəɾ.ɾɑː/, [zɐr.räː], /d͡ʒəɾ.ɾɑː/, [d͡ʒɐr.räː]

Noun

ज़र्रा • (zarrā) m (Urdu spelling ذرہ)

particle, mote, speck
Synonyms: अणु (aṇu), कण (kaṇ)
atom
Synonyms: परमाणु (parmāṇu), जौहर (jauhar)

Declension

Declension of ज़र्रा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़र्रा zarrā	ज़र्रे zarre
oblique	ज़र्रे zarre	ज़र्रों zarrõ
vocative	ज़र्रे zarre	ज़र्रो zarro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zarrā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 361

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