Etymology

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Hindi जीरा ← Urdu زیرہ ← Sanskrit जीरक
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromزیرہ
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromजीरक
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromزیرہ
  4. Hindi · borrowed fromजीरा
  5. English todayzeera

Borrowed from Hindi जीरा (jīrā)/Urdu زیرہ (zīra), from Sanskrit जीरक (Jīraka) or Classical Persian زیرہ (zīra).

Words from the same roots

Hindiजीरा all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.