ज़्यादा

See also: ज्यादा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِيَادَة‎ (ziyāda), via Classical Persian. Compare Bengali জেয়াদা (jeẏada), Gujarati જ્યાદા (jyādā), Marathi जादा (jādā), Punjabi ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ (ziādā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzjaːd̪a/, /ˈd͡ʒjaːd̪a/

Adjective

ज़्यादा • (zyādā) (indeclinable, comparative ज़्यादातर, Urdu spelling زْیادَہ‎)

1. more, very many

   Synonyms: और (aur), अधिक (adhik)

2. too many

Adverb

ज़्यादा • (zyādā) (Urdu spelling زْیادَہ‎)

1. much, a lot

   Synonym: बहुत (bahut)

2. too much

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “zyādā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ziyada”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.