ذرة

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

• IPA^(key): /ðar.ra/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ðar.ra/, IPA^(key): /zar.ra/

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

1. atom
2. tiny particle, speck, mote

• 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/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /du.ra/

ذُرَة • (ḏura) f (collective, singulative ذُرَة (ḏura))

1. maize, durum corn, Indian corn (Zea mays L.)

• 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

ذُرَة

From Arabic ذُرَة‎ (ḏura)

• IPA^(key): /ðura/
• IPA^(key): /dura/ (speakers with full /ð/ and /d/ merger)

ذُرَة • (dura) m pl or f pl

1. maize, corn

• حَبَش‎

From Arabic ذَرَّة‎ (ḏarra)

• IPA^(key): /ðarːa/
• IPA^(key): /zarːa/ (speakers with full /ð/ and /z/ merger)

ذَرَّة • (ḏarra) f

(plural ذَرَّات‎ ‎(ḏarrāt))

1. atom
2. tiny particle, speck, mote