حجره

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُجْرَة (ḥujra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hud͡ʒ.ˈra/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hʊd͡ʒ.ɾä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊd͡ʒ.ɾä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔud͡ʒ.ɾä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hod͡ʒ.ɹe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hud͡ʒ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hujra
Dari reading^?	hujra
Iranian reading^?	hojre
Tajik reading^?	hujra

Noun


Iranian Persian	حجره
Dari	حجره
Tajik	ҳуҷра

حجره • (hujra / hojre) (plural حجرات, or حجره‌ها (hujra-hā / hojre-hâ), Tajik spelling ҳуҷра)

compartment, cell, chamber; particularly:
1. (archaic) an individual's chamber in a house
2. a merchant's compartment in a bazaar
  - 2015, Hojjat Ashrafzadeh, "Mah o Mahi"
    از چشم تو و چشم تو و حجره فیروزه ‌تراشی
    Of your eye -- your eye, and the turquoise cutting chamber
3. a student's room in a seminary
4. a compartment in a caravanserai
5. a chamber in a hammam

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “حجره”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “حجره”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr