ज़िरह

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Hindi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian زره (zirih), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zlyh /⁠zrēy, zrēh⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (to sound, to ring). Compare Braj ज़ीर (zīr), जीर (jīr).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zɪ.ɾəɦ/, [zɪ.ɾɛʱ], /d͡ʒɪ.ɾəɦ/, [d͡ʒɪ.ɾɛʱ]

Noun[edit]

ज़िरह (zirahf (Urdu spelling زرہ)

  1. chain-mail; armour
    • Ajkel[1], volume 55, 1998, page 58
      ज़िरह हमने तन से उतारी नहीं है बढ़ेंगे अभी और आगे बढ़ेंगे !
      zirah hamne tan se utārī nahī̃ hai baṛheṅge abhī aur āge baṛheṅge !
      We still have not put off the armour; will ride forth, we shall ride forth!