ضروری

See also: ضروري

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَرُورِيّ (ḍarūriyy).

Adjective

ضروری • (zaruri)

1. necessary

Descendants

• Turkish: zaruri

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ضَرُورِيّ (ḍarūriyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /za.ruː.ˈriː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾuː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾuː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾuː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾu.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæ.ɹuː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zä.ɾu.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	zarūrī
Dari reading?	zarūrī
Iranian reading?	zaruri
Tajik reading?	zaruri

Adjective

ضروری • (zaruri)

1. necessary

Related terms

• ضرورت (zarurat, “necessity”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضروری (ẓarūrī), itself from Arabic ضَرُورِيّ (ḍarūriyy). By surface analysis, ضرور (ẓurūr) +‎ ی (ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾuː.ɾiː/, /zʊ.ɾuː.ɾiː/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ضَ‧رُو‧ری

Adjective

ضَرُوری or ضُرُوری • (zarūrī or zurūrī) (Hindi spelling ज़रूरी or ज़ुरूरी)

1. necessary, required

   Synonym: لازمی (lāzamī)

2. important

Usage notes

zarūrī (with the fatha on the first letter) is more commonly employed.

Related terms

• ضرور (ẓurūr, “absolutely!”)
• ضرورت (ẓurūrat, “need; necessity”)

Further reading

• “ضروری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ضروری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ضرور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 420
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ضروري”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 749
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “ضرور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 835
• John Shakespear (1834), “ضروری”, 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

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ضروری (zurūrī), from Arabic ضَرُورِيّ (ḍarūriyy).

Adjective

ضروری (zarōrī)

1. must, necessary, compulsory

   Synonym: خامخا (xāmxā)