जर्जर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जर्जर (jarjara).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəɾ.d͡ʒəɾ/, [d͡ʒɐɾ.d͡ʒɐɾ]
Adjective
जर्जर • (jarjar) (indeclinable)
See also
- जर्जरता (jarjartā)
- जर्जरित (jarjarit)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जर्जर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 361
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the root जर् (jar, “to decay”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐɾ.d͡ʑɐ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɐɾ.d͡ʑɐ.ɾɐ/
Adjective
जर्जर • (jarjara) stem
Descendants
- Pali: jajjara
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (jajjara)
- Hindi: जाजरा (jājrā)
- Old Gujarati: जाजरउं (jājaraüṃ)
- Gujarati: જાજ્રું (jājrũ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जर्जर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 414.