ज़रूरी

• जरूरी (zarūrī) (nuqtaless)

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضروری (zarūrī), from Arabic ضَرُورِيّ (ḍarūriyy). Compare Assamese জৰুৰী (zoruri), Bengali জরুরি (joruri), Gujarati જરૂરી (jarūrī), Nepali जरूरी (jarūrī), Punjabi ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ (zarūrī).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾuː.ɾiː/, [zɐ.ɾuː.ɾiː], /d͡ʒə.ɾuː.ɾiː/, [d͡ʒɐ.ɾuː.ɾiː]

ज़रूरी • (zarūrī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ضروری)

1. necessary

   Synonym: आवश्यक (āvaśyak)

   Antonyms: ग़ैरज़रूरी (ġairazrūrī), अनावश्यक (anāvaśyak)

2. important

• ज़रूर (zarūr)
• ज़रूरत (zarūrat)

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• “ज़रूरी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जरूरी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1708
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• Platts, John T. (1884), “ẓarūrī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 749