As a Hindi name
झरना
to cascade, fall
Śabdasāgara also records: पानी गिराने का स्थान । निर्झर · झरना । सोता । चश्मा । पर्वत से निकलता हुआ जलप्रवाह
Platts (p. 403) also records: = jhaṛ, q.v
a Hindi word of Sauraseni Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀛𑀭𑀤𑀺 (jharadi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰárati.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a water-fall
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Dictionary citations
jhara m. a water-fall, L.
jhara m. (-raḥ) f. (-rā or -riḥ-rī) A cascade, a water-fall. f. (-rī) A river. E. jhṝ to waste or decay, affix ap, fem. affix ṭāp, in or ṅīṣ; also nirjhara.
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