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Hindi
- जरूरी (zarūrī) (nuqtaless)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ضروری (zarūrī), from Arabic ضَرُورِيّ (ḍarūriyy). Compare Assamese জৰুৰী (zoruri), Bengali জরুরি (joruri), Gujarati જરૂરી (jarūrī), Nepali जरूरी (jarūrī), Punjabi ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ (zarūrī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /zə.ɾuː.ɾiː/, , /d͡ʒə.ɾuː.ɾiː/,
Adjective
ज़रूरी • (zarūrī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ضروری)
- necessary
- Synonym: आवश्यक (āvaśyak)
- Antonyms: ग़ैर-ज़रूरी (ġair-zarūrī), अनावश्यक (anāvaśyak)
- important
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “zarūrī”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 228.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “zarurī”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 235
- “ज़रूरी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जरूरी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1708
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ज़रूरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 361
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ẓarūrī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 749