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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "ज़रूरत" in Hindi?
zuh-ROO-rut — nuqta z at the front, one long vowel in the middle, and a dental t at the end.
zaroorat
Light, heavy, light — an unusual shape, with the weight in the middle rather than at either end. Compare it with zarooree, which puts a long vowel in the last syllable too; the difference in final vowel length is what separates the noun from the adjective.
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Hear it in a sentence
मुझे एक कमरे की ज़रूरत है।
Mujhe ek kamre kee zaroorat hai.
I need a room.
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"Mujhe ek kamre kee zaroorat hai" needs kee because zaroorat is feminine, and kamre is oblique before it — two agreement decisions in one short phrase. The dative mujhe carries the person who needs, exactly as in the pasand and chaahiye constructions.
Where English speakers slip
The final syllable gets lengthened and rhoticised by English speakers into something like "-raat" or "-rurt." It is a plain schwa plus a quick tap plus a dental stop, over in an instant. Ignoring the nuqta and saying "jaroorat" is the other frequent slip.