ذرة

From the root ذ ر ر‎ (ḏ-r-r). Related to the verb ذَرَّ‎ (ḏarra, “to strew, to scatter”).

• IPA^(key): /ðar.ra/

ذَرَّة • (ḏarra) f (singulative, collective ذَرّ‎ m (ḏarr), paucal ذَرَّات‎ (ḏarrāt))

1. tiny particle, speck, mote
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:40:

     ‏إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا‎

     ʔinna l-laha lā yaẓlimu miṯqāla ḏarratin waʔin taku ḥasanatan yuḍāʕifhā

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (physics, chemistry) atom

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• → Azerbaijani: zərrə
• → Northern Kurdish: zere
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذره‎ (zerre)
  • Turkish: zerre
  • → Serbo-Croatian: zehra, зехра
• → Persian: ذره‎ (zarre)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़रा (zarā)

    Urdu: ذرا‎ (zarā)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਰਾ (zarā)

    Shahmukhi script: ذرا‎ (zarā)

• → Turkmen: zerre
• → Uyghur: زەررە‎ (zerre)
• → Uzbek: zarra

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From the root ذ ر و‎ (ḏ-r-w) or ذ ر ي‎ (ḏ-r-y)? Compare ذَرَا‎ (ḏarā, “to scatter, to blow away”), also spelled ذَرَى‎ (ḏarā).

• IPA^(key): /ðu.ra/
  • (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ðʊ.rə/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /du.ra/

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

1. durra, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor)
2. maize, durum corn, Indian corn (Zea mays)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Greek: ντούρα (ntoúra)
• → English: durra
• → Finnish: durra

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذرو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذري”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /dura/, /ðura/

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

1. maize, corn

   Synonym: حبش‎ (ḥabaš)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

• IPA^(key): /zar.ra/, /ðar.ra/

ذرة • (ḏarra) f (plural ذرات‎ (ḏarrāt))

1. atom
2. tiny particle, speck, mote

Both traditional and spelling pronunciations are used by most speakers interchangeably.