Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

janjira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jan-ji-ra
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A princely state in India during the British Raj, located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi जंजिरा (jañjirā), from Classical Persian جزیره (jazīra), from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: जंजिरा, جزیره, جَزِيرَة, ج ز ر

Questions

What does janjira mean?: A princely state in India during the British Raj, located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra.
Where does janjira come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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