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Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ذره (zarra), from Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /zə.ɾɑː/, , /d͡ʒə.ɾɑː/,
Determiner
ज़रा • (zarā) (Urdu spelling ذرا)
- a little, a small amount of
Adverb
ज़रा • (zarā) (Urdu spelling ذرا)
- a little, slightly, just
- kindly, would you?, please; used to make a polite request
Derived terms
- ज़रा ज़रा (zarā zarā, “little by little, every little bit”)
- ज़रा सा (zarā sā, “a little (of)”)
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