حجره

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُجْرَة (ḥujra).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hujra
Dari reading? hujra
Iranian reading? hojre
Tajik reading? hujra

Noun

Dari حجره
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳуҷра

حجره (hojre) (plural حجرات (hojorât) or حجره‌ها (hojre-hâ))

  1. compartment, cell, chamber; particularly:
    1. (archaic) an individual's chamber in a house
    2. a merchant's compartment in a bazaar
      • 2015, Hojjat Ashrafzadeh, "Mah o Mahi"
        از چشم تو و چشم تو و حجره فیروزه ‌تراشی
        Of your eye -- your eye, and the turquoise cutting chamber
    3. a student's room in a seminary
    4. a compartment in a caravanserai
    5. a chamber in a hammam

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