عصر

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ص ر (ʕ ṣ r)
11 terms

Compare Aramaic עצר (to squeeze, press).

Verb

عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara) I (non-past يَعْصِرُ (yaʕṣiru) or يَعْصُرُ (yaʕṣuru), verbal noun عَصْر (ʕaṣr))

  1. to press, to squeeze, to wring
    1. to extract juice from, to juice

Conjugation

Verb

عَصَّرَ (ʕaṣṣara) II (non-past يُعَصِّرُ (yuʕaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَعْصِير (taʕṣīr))

  1. to modernize, revamp, to renovate, to fit to the age

Conjugation

Noun

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عَصْر or عِصْر or عُصْر or عُصُر (ʕaṣr or ʕiṣr or ʕuṣr or ʕuṣurm (plural أَعْصَار (ʔaʕṣār) or عُصُور (ʕuṣūr) or أَعْصُر (ʔaʕṣur) or عُصُر (ʕuṣur))

  1. period of time; season; age, century, era; reign
    العصر الذهبي للإسلام شهد تقدمًا ثقافيًا وعلميًا كبيرًا.
    Al-ʿaṣr adh-dhahabī li-l-ʾislām šahid taqaddaman ṯaqāfīyan wa-ʿilmīyan kabīran.
    The Islamic Golden Age witnessed significant cultural and scientific advancements.
  2. afternoon

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

عَصْر (ʕaṣrm

  1. verbal noun of عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara) (form I)

Declension

Noun

عُصُر (ʕuṣurpl

  1. plural of عُصُر (ʕuṣur)
  2. plural of عَصْر (ʕaṣr)
  3. plural of عِصْر (ʕiṣr)
  4. plural of عُصْر (ʕuṣr)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

Noun

عصر (asr)

  1. century

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? asr
Dari reading? asr
Iranian reading? asr
Tajik reading? asr

Noun

Dari عصر
Iranian Persian
Tajik аср

عَصْر (asr) (plural عصرها (asr-hâ) or اعصار (a'sâr))

  1. afternoon
  2. evening
  3. period (of time); epoch, era
    عصر باستانasr-e bâstânancient times

Usage notes

  • The plural عصرها (asr-hâ) is used for "afternoon; evening," the plural اعصار (a'sâr) for "epoch, era."

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ص ر
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara).

Pronunciation

Verb

عصر (ʕaṣar) I (present بعصر (boʕṣor))

  1. to squeeze, to press (olives), to wring (laundry)
    Synonym: عصّ (ʕaṣṣ)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عصر (ʕaṣar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عصرت (ʕaṣart) عصرت (ʕaṣart) عصر (ʕaṣar) عصرنا (ʕaṣarna) عصرتو (ʕaṣartu) عصرو (ʕaṣaru)
f عصرتي (ʕaṣarti) عصرت (ʕaṣrat)
present m بعصر (baʕṣor) بتعصر (btoʕṣor) بعصر (boʕṣor) منعصر (mnoʕṣor) بتعصرو (btoʕṣoru) بعصرو (boʕṣoru)
f بتعصري (btoʕṣori) بتعصر (btoʕṣor)
subjunctive m أعصر (ʔaʕṣor) تعصر (toʕṣor) يعصر (yoʕṣor) نعصر (noʕṣor) تعصرو (toʕṣoru) يعصرو (yoʕṣoru)
f تعصري (toʕṣori) تعصر (toʕṣor)
imperative m اعصر (oʕṣor) اعصرو (oʕṣoru)
f اعصري (oʕṣori)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

Pronunciation

Noun

عصر (ʕaṣrm

  1. late afternoon
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