जर्जर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जर्जर (jarjara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəɾ.d͡ʒəɾ/, [d͡ʒɐɾ.d͡ʒɐɾ]

Adjective

जर्जर • (jarjar) (indeclinable)

1. decayed, derelict, dying

   जर्जर शरीर ― jarjar śarīr ― emaciated body

See also

• जर्जरता (jarjartā)
• जर्जरित (jarjarit)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जर्जर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 361

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root जर् (jar, “to decay”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐɾ.d͡ʑɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐɾ.d͡ʑɐ.ɾɐ/

Adjective

जर्जर • (jarjara) stem

1. decayed, decrepit

Descendants

• Pali: jajjara
• Prakrit: 𑀚𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (jajjara)
  • Hindi: जाजरा (jājrā)
  • Old Gujarati: जाजरउं (jājaraüṃ)
    • Gujarati: જાજ્રું (jājrũ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “जर्जर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 414.