ज़ाफ़रान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زعفران (za'farān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān). Cognate with English saffron.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zɑːf.ɾɑːn/, [zäːf.ɾä̃ːn], /d͡ʒɑːpʰ.ɾɑːn/, [d͡ʒäːpʰ.ɾä̃ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: ज़ाफ़‧रान

Noun

ज़ाफ़रान • (zāfrān) f (Urdu spelling زعفران)

1. saffron

   Synonyms: कुंकुम (kuṅkum), केसर (kesar)

Related terms

• जाफ़रानी (jāfrānī)

References

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