जरा

See also: ज़रा, जरो, जोर, ज़ीरा, जीरा, ज़ार, and ज़ोर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit जरा (jarā).

Adjective

जरा • (jarā)

1. infirm
2. frail
3. decrepit
4. senile

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

जरा • (jarā) f

1. infirmity
2. senility
3. decrepitude

Declension

Declension of जरा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जरा jarā	जराएँ jarāẽ
oblique	जरा jarā	जराओं jarāõ
vocative	जरा jarā	जराओ jarāo

Nepali

Alternative forms

• जरो (jaro)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जरा • (jarā)

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

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• jarā (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• জরা (Bengali script)
• ජරා (Sinhalese script)
• ဇရာ or ၹရႃ (Burmese script)
• ชรา or ชะรา (Thai script)
• ᨩᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊຣາ or ຊະຣາ (Lao script)
• ជរា (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

जरा f

1. Devanagari script form of jarā (“old age”)

Declension

Declension table of "जरा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जरा (jarā)	जरायो (jarāyo) or जरा (jarā)
Accusative (second)	जरं (jaraṃ)	जरायो (jarāyo) or जरा (jarā)
Instrumental (third)	जराय (jarāya)	जराहि (jarāhi) or जराभि (jarābhi)
Dative (fourth)	जराय (jarāya)	जरानं (jarānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जराय (jarāya)	जराहि (jarāhi) or जराभि (jarābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जराय (jarāya)	जरानं (jarānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जराय (jarāya) or जरायं (jarāyaṃ)	जरासु (jarāsu)
Vocative (calling)	जरे (jare)	जरायो (jarāyo) or जरा (jarā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬚᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• জৰা (Assamese script)
• জরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• જરા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦗꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• ជរា (Khmer script)
• ಜರಾ (Kannada script)
• ຊຣາ (Lao script)
• ജരാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘕𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠠᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡯᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဇရာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦵𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜରା (Oriya script)
• ꢙꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජරා (Sinhalese script)
• జరా (Telugu script)
• ชรา (Thai script)
• ཛ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɐ.ɾɑː/

Noun

जरा • (jarā) f

1. old age

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जरा (jarā)
	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 / जरा¹ jarayā / jarā¹	जराभ्याम् jarābhyām	जराभिः jarābhiḥ
Dative	जरायै jarāyai	जराभ्याम् jarābhyām	जराभ्यः jarābhyaḥ
Ablative	जरायाः jarāyāḥ	जराभ्याम् jarābhyām	जराभ्यः jarābhyaḥ
Genitive	जरायाः jarāyāḥ	जरयोः jarayoḥ	जराणाम् jarāṇām
Locative	जरायाम् jarāyām	जरयोः jarayoḥ	जरासु jarāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “jarā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.