ज़र

See also: जर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زر (zar), from Middle Persian *zarr (“gold”), from Parthian *zarn (“gold”) (the inherited form would have started with a d, as is seen in Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y)), from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom; ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Doublet of हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Compare Punjabi ਜ਼ਰ (zar) / زَر (zar), Gujarati જર (jar), Marathi जर (j̈ar), Northern Kurdish zêrr, Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎡𐎹 (d-r-n-i-y), Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, and English gold and yellow.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /zəɾ/, [zɐɾ], /d͡ʒəɾ/, [d͡ʒɐɾ]

Noun

ज़र • (zar) m (Urdu spelling زر)

1. gold

   Synonym: सोना (sonā)

2. wealth, money, riches

Derived terms

• ज़रगर (zargar)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ज़र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 360