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Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀻𑀭𑀕 (jīraga), from Sanskrit जीरक (jī́raka).
Cognates
Indo-Aryan cognates include
Assamese জীৰা (zira),
Bengali জিরা (jira),
Dhivehi ދިރި (diri),
Hindustani جیرا /
जीरा (jīrā),
Marathi जिरीं (jirī̃),
Nepali जिरो (jiro),
Odia ଜୀରକ (jirôkô),
Punjabi جيرا (jīrā),
Sindhi جيِرو (jīro), and
Sinhalese දුරු (duru).
Iranian cognates include
Baluchi زیرگ (zirrag),
Northern Kurdish zîre,
Persian زیره (zire),
Sogdian (zyr'kk /zîrê/), and
Southern Kurdish زیرە (zîre).
Pronunciation
Noun
જીરું • (jīrũ) n
- cumin
Declension