ज़ंजीर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زنجیر (zanjīr). First attested as Old Hindi जंजीर (jãjīr).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zən.d͡ʒiːɾ/, [zɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːɾ], /d͡ʒən.d͡ʒiːɾ/, [d͡ʒɐ̃n.d͡ʒiːɾ]
- Rhymes: -iːɾ
Noun
ज़ंजीर • (zañjīr) f (Urdu spelling زَنْجِیر)
- chain(s), shackle(s)
- 1995, Javed Siddiqui, Aditya Chopra, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Amrish Puri (actor), Yash Raj Films, published 1995:
- रोटी पाव की ज़ंजीर बन गयी है।
- roṭī pāv kī zañjīr ban gayī hai.
- Bread has become the chains of my feet.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ज़ंजीर zañjīr |
ज़ंजीरें zañjīrẽ |
| oblique | ज़ंजीर zañjīr |
ज़ंजीरों zañjīrõ |
| vocative | ज़ंजीर zañjīr |
ज़ंजीरो zañjīro |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zañjīra”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press