زار

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Arabic

Root
ز و ر (z w r)
10 terms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /zaː.ra/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -aːr

    Verb

    زَارَ (zāra) I (non-past يَزُورُ (yazūru), verbal noun زَوْر (zawr) or زِيَارَة (ziyāra) or مَزَار (mazār) or زُوَارَة (zuwāra) or زُوَار (zuwār))

    1. to incline towards, to repair to the direction of
    2. to visit

    Conjugation

    References

    • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 265
    • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1268
    • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 535

    Egyptian Arabic

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Root
    ز و ر
    1 term

    From Arabic زَارَ (zāra).

    Verb

    زار (zār) I (non-past يزور (yizūr))

    1. to visit
    Conjugation
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        Conjugation of زار (form-I hollow)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m زرت (zurt) زرت (zurt) زار (zār) زرنا (zurna) زرتوا (zurtu) زوروا (zūru)
    f زرتي (zurti) زارت (zārit)
    present subjunctive m ازور (azūr) تزور (tizūr) يزور (yizūr) نزور (nizūr) تزوروا (tizūru) يزوروا (yizūru)
    f تزوري (tizūri) تزور (tizūr)
    present indicative m بزور (bazūr) بتزور (bitzūr) بيزور (biyzūr) بنزور (binzūr) بتزوروا (bitzūru) بيزوروا (biyzūru)
    f بتزوري (bitzūru) بتزور (bitzūr)
    future m حزور (ḥazūr) حتزور (ḥatzūr) حيزور (ḥayzūr) حنزور (ḥanzūr) حتزوروا (ḥatzūru) حيزوروا (ḥayzūru)
    f حتزوري (ḥatzūru) حتزور (ḥatzūr)
    imperative m زور (zūr) زوروا (zūru)
    f زوري (zūri)

    Etymology 2

    Uncertain. Probably from Blin ጃር (ǧar, Skygod), either directly or by means of the Amharic doublet (zar).[1]

    Noun

    زار (zārm (usually uncountable)

    1. zar; a folk exorcism, usually performed on women dancing to music in circles.
      كدية الزارthe female chief celebrant at a zar

    References

    1. ^ Rouaud, A., Battain, Tiziana (2002) Bearman, P., Bianquis, Th., Bosworth, C.E., van Donzel, E., editors, Zār (Encyclopaedia of Islam)‎, Second edition, volume 11, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, retrieved 12 June 2023, pages 455-457

    Moroccan Arabic

    Etymology

    Root
    ز و ر
    1 term

    From Arabic زَارَ (zāra).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    زار (zār) I (non-past يزور (yzūr))

    1. to visit

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of زار
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m زرت (zurt) زرتي (zurti) زار (zār) زرنا (zurna) زرتوا (zurtu) زاروا (zāru)
    f زارت (zāret)
    non-past m نزور (nzūr) تزور (tzūr) يزور (yzūr) نزوروا (nzūru) تزوروا (tzūru) يزوروا (yzūru)
    f تزوري (tzūri) تزور (tzūr)
    imperative m زور (zūr) زوروا (zūru)
    f زوري (zūri)

    Ottoman Turkish

    زار

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sar (wrapping), a root related to Proto-Turkic *saru- (to wind, wrap). Compare صارمق (sarmak, to wind, wrap, bind), صارق (sarık, turban) and صارغی (sargı, wrapping, bandage).

    Noun

    زار (zar) (definite accusative زاری (zarı), plural زارلر (zarlar))

    1. membrane, film, pellicle, skin, any thin layer of some substance which usually causes opacity
    2. wrapping, wrapper, envelope, any cover or material usually used to enclose small, flat items
    3. tapestry, a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Turkish: zar

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    زارلر

    Borrowed from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, die, dice; cast iron).

    Noun

    زار (zar) (definite accusative زاری (zarı), plural زارلر (zarlar))

    1. die, a polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Further reading

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Persian زار (zar, groan, lament), from Middle Persian *zār, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jāráyati (to be angered, vexed).

    Noun

    زار (zar) (definite accusative زاری (zarı), plural زارلر (zarlar))

    1. moan, groan, lament, any low, guttural sound uttered in pain, grief, sadness, or regret
      Synonyms: ایكلتی (iñilti), فغان (fiğan), ناله (nâle)
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Further reading

    Persian

    Etymology 1

    Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jāráyati. See it for more.

    Noun

    Dari زار
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik зор

    زار (zâr)

    1. groan
    2. lament
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

    Noun

    زار (zâr)

    1. die (for gambling)
    Descendants

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ز و ر
    2 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic زَارَ (zāra).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    زار (zār) I (present بزور (bizūr))

    1. to visit

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of زار (zār)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m زرت (zurt) زرت (zurt) زار (zār) زرنا (zurna) زرتو (zurtu) زارو (zāru)
    f زرتي (zurti) زارت (zārat)
    present m بزور (bazūr) بتزور (bitzūr) بزور (bizūr) منزور (minzūr) بتزورو (bitzūru) بيزورو (bizūru)
    f بتزوري (bitzūri) بتزور (bitzūr)
    subjunctive m ازور (azūr) تزور (tzūr) يزور (yzūr) نزور (nzūr) تزورو (tzūru) يزورو (yzūru)
    f تزوري (tzūri) تزور (tzūr)
    imperative m زور (zūr) زورو (zūru)
    f زوري (zūri)

    Urdu

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Classical Persian زار (zār), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jāráyati.

    Noun

    زار (zārm (Hindi spelling ज़ार)

    1. lament
    2. groan
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English czar, from Russian царь (carʹ).

    Noun

    زار (zārm (Hindi spelling ज़ार)

    1. czar
    Synonyms