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जरा

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Hindi

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Sanskrit जरा (jarā), from the root जॄ (jṝ), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɾɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɾäː]

Noun

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जरा (jarāf

  1. infirmity
  2. senility
  3. decrepitude
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /zə.ɾɑː/, [zɐ.ɾäː], /d͡ʒə.ɾɑː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɾäː]

Determiner

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जरा (jarā)

  1. nuqtaless form of ज़रा (zarā)

Adverb

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जरा (jarā)

  1. nuqtaless form of ज़रा (zarā)

References

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Nepali

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [d͡zʌɾä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: जरा

Noun

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जरा (jarā)

  1. root (of plants, nails, teeth)
  2. source, main cause

References

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  • जरा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “जरा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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जरा

  1. Devanagari script form of jarā, ablative singular masculine/neuter and nominative/vocative plural masculine of जर (jara, old)
  2. Devanagari script form of jarā, nominative singular feminine and nominative/vocative/accusative plural feminine of जर (jara, old)

Noun

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जरा f

  1. Devanagari script form of jarā (old age)

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-. Cognate with Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, old age).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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जरा (jarā) stemf (root जॄ)

  1. old age

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of जरा
singular dual plural
nominative जरा (jarā) जरे (jare) जराः (jarāḥ)
vocative जरे (jare) जरे (jare) जराः (jarāḥ)
accusative जराम् (jarām) जरे (jare) जराः (jarāḥ)
instrumental जरया (jarayā)
जरा¹ (jarā¹)
जराभ्याम् (jarābhyām) जराभिः (jarābhiḥ)
dative जरायै (jarāyai) जराभ्याम् (jarābhyām) जराभ्यः (jarābhyaḥ)
ablative जरायाः (jarāyāḥ)
जरायै² (jarāyai²)
जराभ्याम् (jarābhyām) जराभ्यः (jarābhyaḥ)
genitive जरायाः (jarāyāḥ)
जरायै² (jarāyai²)
जरयोः (jarayoḥ) जराणाम् (jarāṇām)
locative जरायाम् (jarāyām) जरयोः (jarayoḥ) जरासु (jarāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

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  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “jarā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.