जुर्रत

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊɾ.ɾət̪/, [d͡ʒʊr.rɐt̪]
  • Hyphenation: जु‧र्रत, जुर्‧रत
  • Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

जुर्रत • (jurratf (Urdu spelling جُرّأَت)

  1. courage, nerve, daring
    Synonyms: हिम्मत (himmat), साहस (sāhas)

Declension

Declension of जुर्रत (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जुर्रत
jurrat
जुर्रतें
jurratẽ
oblique जुर्रत
jurrat
जुर्रतों
jurratõ
vocative जुर्रत
jurrat
जुर्रतो
jurrato

Alternative forms

  • जुरअत (jur'at)

References

  1. ^ جُرْأَت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “jurrat”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 390.

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