ذره

See also: ذرہ, ذرة, درہ, درة, and دره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra).

Noun

ذره • (zerre) (plural ذرات (zerrat))

1. atom, mote, speck

   ذره قدر

   zerre kadar

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. molecule

Descendants

• Turkish: zerre
• → Serbo-Croatian: zehra, зехра

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zerre”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 604b

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ðaɾ.ɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zär.rä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zär.rä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zär.rä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zär.rä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.ɹe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading?	ḏarra
Dari reading?	zarra
Iranian reading?	zarre
Tajik reading?	zarra

Adjective

ذرّه • (zarre)

1. teeny
2. tiny
3. small
4. little

Adverb

ذرّه • (zarre)

1. little
2. just

Noun

ذرّه • (zarre) (plural ذره‌ها (zarre-hâ) or ذرات (zarrât))

1. molecule
2. particle

Derived terms

• ذره‌بین (zarre-bin)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़रा (zarā)

  Urdu: ذرا (zarā)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਰਾ (zarā)

  Shahmukhi script: ذرا (zarā)