زراعت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِرَاعَة (zirāʕa).

Noun

زراعت • (ziraat)

agriculture

Descendants

Turkish: ziraat

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ziraat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زِرَاعَة (zirāʕa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zi.raː.ˈʔat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪ.ɾɑː.ʔät̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɪ.ɾɑːät̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾɔːät̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ze.ɹɒː.ʔæt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zi.ɾɔ.ʔät̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zirā'at
Dari reading^?	zirā'at
Iranian reading^?	zerâ'at
Tajik reading^?	ziro'at

Noun

زراعت • (zirā'at / zerâ'at) (Tajik spelling зироат)

agriculture
Synonym: کشاورزی (kišāwarzī / kešâvarzi)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “زراعت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zirā'at), from Arabic زِرَاعَة (zirāʕa).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zɪ.ɾɑːt̪/

Noun

زِراعَت • (zira'at) f (Hindi spelling ज़िराअत)

agriculture

Further reading

“زراعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “زراعت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.