ज़रूर zarūr

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

ضرور · ar · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Certainly, undoubtedly, positively, without fail.

Usual translation

  1. definitely

Origin of the definition

ज़रुर zarura zaru:r (adv) certainly, undoubtedly, positively; without fail; -ज़रुर positively; without fail.

A ضرور ẓarūr, vulg. ẓurūr (v.n. fr. ضر 'to harm,' &c.), adj. & adv. Necessary, needful, requisite, expedient; urgent; unavoidable, indispensable, essential, imperative, &c.; — urgently; certainly, assuredly, of course; without fail; absolutely; peremptorily: — ẓarūr-ẓarūr, or ẓarūr-hī, or biʼẓ-ẓarūr, adv. Necessarily, of necessity, perforce; urgently; indispensably: — pur-ẓarūr, adj. Highly or very necessary: — jāʼě-ẓarūr, or jā-ẓarūr, s.m. A necessary, a privy.

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Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Created
Wednesday 9 December 2020
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