ज़ाफ़रान

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ज़ाफ़रान • (zāfrān) f (Urdu spelling زعفران)

saffron
Synonyms: कुंकुम (kuṅkum), केसर (kesar)

Related terms[edit]

जाफ़रानी (jāfrānī)

References[edit]

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

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