ज़ेवरात
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زیوَرَات (zēwarāt).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zeː.ʋə.ɾɑːt̪/, [zeː.ʋɐ.ɾäːt̪], /d͡ʒeː.ʋə.ɾɑːt̪/, [d͡ʒeː.ʋɐ.ɾäːt̪]
- Hyphenation: ज़े‧व‧रात
- Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
Noun
ज़ेवरात • (zevarāt) m pl (Urdu spelling زیوَرات)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ज़ेवर zevar |
ज़ेवर, ज़ेवरात zevar, zevarāt |
| oblique | ज़ेवर zevar |
ज़ेवरों, ज़ेवरातों zevarõ, zevarātõ |
| vocative | ज़ेवर zevar |
ज़ेवरो, ज़ेवरातो zevaro, zevarāto |
Further reading
More information
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़ेवरात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेवरात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1793
- “zevaraat”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “zevarāt”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 938.