ज़रूरत

Hindi

Alternative forms

जरूरत (jarūrat) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zarūrat), from Arabic ضَرُورَة (ḍarūra). Compare Bengali জরুরত (jorurot), Punjabi ਜ਼ਰੂਰਤ (zarūrat).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾuː.ɾət̪/, [zɐ.ɾuː.ɾɐt̪], /d͡ʒə.ɾuː.ɾət̪/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɾuː.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

ज़रूरत • (zarūrat) f (Urdu spelling ضرورت)

Declension

Declension of *ज़रूरत* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ज़रूरत zarūrat	ज़रूरतें zarūratẽ
oblique	ज़रूरत zarūrat	ज़रूरतों zarūratõ
vocative	ज़रूरत zarūrat	ज़रूरतो zarūrato

Derived terms

ज़रूरत में काम आना (zarūrat mẽ kām ānā, “to prove useful in time of need”)

Related terms

(certainly): ज़रूर (zarūr)
(necessary): ज़रूरी (zarūrī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zarūrat”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 361