जीरक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

জীৰক (Assamese script)
ᬚᬷᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
জীরক (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰱𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ဇီရက (Burmese script)
જીરક (Gujarati script)
ਜੀਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑍀𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦗꦷꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂲𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಜೀರಕ (Kannada script)
ជីរក (Khmer script)
ຊີຣກ (Lao script)
ജീരക (Malayalam script)
ᡯᡳᡳᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘲𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠽᠢᠢᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧓𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐷𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
ଜୀରକ (Odia script)
ꢙꢷꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆵𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖱𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
ජීරක (Sinhalese script)
𑩣𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚯𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
ஜீரக (Tamil script)
జీరక (Telugu script)
ชีรก (Thai script)
ཛཱི་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒲𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate with Persian (zira),

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑiː.ɾɐ.kɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑiː.ɾɐ.kɐ/

Noun

जीरक • (jīraka) stem, m

cumin

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: زیُرُ (zyuru)
Pali: jīraka
Prakrit: 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀬 (jīraya)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀕 (jīraga)
    - Hindi: जीरा (jīrā)
      - → English: jeera
      - → Swahili: jira
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: জীৰা (zira)
    - Bengali: জিরা (jira)
    - Bihari: जीरा (jīrā)
      - Maithili: जीर (jīr)
    - Odia: ଜୀରା (jira)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: जिरो (jiro)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: जिरो (jiro)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: jīrā, jīrī
        Gurmukhi script: ਜੀਰਾ, ਜੀਰੀ
        
        Shahmukhi script: جِیرَا, جِیرِی
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: jīro, jīrī
        Arabic script: جِيرو, جِيرِي
        
        Devanagari script: जीरो, जीरी
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ދިރި (diri)
    - Sinhalese: දුරු (duru)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: जिरीं (jirī̃), जिरें (jirẽ)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: જીરું (jīrũ)

Borrowed terms

→ Malayalam: ജീരകം (jīrakaṁ)
→ Tamil: ஜீரகம் (jīrakam), சீரகம் (cīrakam)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jiraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 288

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