जंजीर

See also: ज़ंजीर and जज़ीरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zən.d͡ʒiːɾ/, [zɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːɾ], /d͡ʒən.d͡ʒiːɾ/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːɾ]
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

जंजीर • (zañjīr) f

1. nuqtaless form of ज़ंजीर (zañjīr)

Declension

Declension of जंजीर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जंजीर zañjīr	जंजीरें zañjīrẽ
oblique	जंजीर zañjīr	जंजीरों zañjīrõ
vocative	जंजीर zañjīr	जंजीरो zañjīro

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجیر (zanjīr). Compare Old Punjabi ਜੰਜੀਰੁ (jaṁjīru).

Noun

जंजीर (jãjīr)

1. chain

Descendants

• Hindustani: zañjīr

  Hindi: ज़ंजीर

  Urdu: زَنْجِیر (zanjīr)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 533