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jeera

/ˈd͡ʒiːɹə/

jeera noun: cumin.

Noun

jeera (uncountable)

  1. (India) Cumin.
    • The vegetarian menu had [...] pizza speckled with jeera.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 148

jeera meaning in Bengali

jeera in Bengali

জিরা

Forms of jeera

alternative formzeera
alternative formzira

Origin of jeera

Borrowed from Hindi जीरा (jīrā).

Questions about jeera

What does jeera mean?
Jeera means cumin.
What is jeera in Bengali?
Jeera in Bengali is জিরা. See Jeera meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is jeera?
Jeera is a noun.
How do you pronounce jeera?
Jeera is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒiːɹə/.

Words near jeera in the dictionary

  1. jeepneys
  2. jeeps
  3. jeer
  4. jeer capstan
  5. jeer capstans
  6. jeera
  7. Jeeralang
  8. Jeeralang Junction
  9. jeered
  10. jeerer
  11. jeerers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jeera (page history and authors); jeera (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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