झर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• झरा (jharā), झरी (jharī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঝৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬛᬭ (Balinese script)
• ঝর (Bengali script)
• 𑰖𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀛𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဈရ (Burmese script)
• ઝર (Gujarati script)
• ਝਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌝𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦙꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂕𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಝರ (Kannada script)
• ឈរ (Khmer script)
• ຌຣ (Lao script)
• ഝര (Malayalam script)
• ᢝᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘖𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠾᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦶𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐗𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଝର (Odia script)
• ꢚꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆙𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖖𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ඣර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩤𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚒𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஜ²ர (Tamil script)
• ఝర (Telugu script)
• ฌร (Thai script)
• ཛྷ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒗𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨦𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀛𑀭 (*jhara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰaras, from the root *gẓʰar-. Related to the Sanskrit root क्षर् (kṣar, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑʱɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

झर • (jhara) stem, m

1. waterfall (L.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of झर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	झरः (jharaḥ)	झरौ (jharau)	झराः (jharāḥ)
accusative	झरम् (jharam)	झरौ (jharau)	झरान् (jharān)
instrumental	झरेण (jhareṇa)	झराभ्याम् (jharābhyām)	झरैः (jharaiḥ)
dative	झराय (jharāya)	झराभ्याम् (jharābhyām)	झरेभ्यः (jharebhyaḥ)
ablative	झरात् (jharāt)	झराभ्याम् (jharābhyām)	झरेभ्यः (jharebhyaḥ)
genitive	झरस्य (jharasya)	झरयोः (jharayoḥ)	झराणाम् (jharāṇām)
locative	झरे (jhare)	झरयोः (jharayoḥ)	झरेषु (jhareṣu)
vocative	झर (jhara)	झरौ (jharau)	झराः (jharāḥ)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഝരം (jharaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “झर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 428, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “KṢAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 428: “jhara-”

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jhara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 295