جیرا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀕 (jīraga), from Sanskrit जीरक (jī́raka). Doublet of زِیرَہ (zīra).

Cognates include Assamese জীৰা (zira), Bengali জিরা (jira), Dhivehi ދިރި (diri), Gujarati જીરું (jīrũ), Marathi जिरीं (jirī̃), Nepali जिरो (jiro), Odia ଜୀର (jirô), Punjabi جيرا (jīrā), Sindhi جيِرو (jīro), and Sinhalese දුරු (duru)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiː.ɾɑː/

Noun

جِیرا • (jīrā) m (Hindi spelling जीरा)

1. cumin

   Synonym: زِیرَہ (zīra)

Further reading

• “جیرا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جیرا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “جیرا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC