جرأت

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • جُرَّات (jurrāt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جُرْأَت (jur'at), from Arabic جُرْأَة (jurʔa).[1][2] First attested in c. 1741[3] as Middle Hindi جرات (jrat /⁠jurat⁠/).[4]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊɾ.ɾət̪/, [d͡ʒʊrˑət̪]
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: جُرّ‧ءَت

Noun

جُرّأَت • (jurratm (Hindi spelling जुर्रत)

  1. temerity; audacity; dare
    Synonym: ہِمَّت (himmat)
  2. courage; nerve
    Synonym: دِلیری (dilerī)

Declension

Declension of جرأت
singular plural
direct جرأت (jurrat) جرأت (jurrat)
oblique جرأت (jurrat) جرأتوں (jurratõ)
vocative جرأت (jurrat) جرأتو (jurrato)

References

  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “جرأت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 379
  2. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “جرات”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 471
  3. ^ جُرْأَت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  4. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “jurrat”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 390.

Further reading

  • جرأت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جرآت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “جرات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC