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English
Etymology
Borrowed both from Czech Žár and Arabic زر.
Proper noun
Zar (plural Zars)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Zar is the 33530th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 680 individuals. Zar is most common among White (69.71%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (22.79%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Kaiser and Cäsar.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zar m (weak, genitive Zaren, plural Zaren, feminine Zarin)
- tsar, czar (Russian monarch)
Usage notes
- Zar is a weak noun in the standard language, but is part of a group of nouns which have a stark tendency to be strong colloquially, so one might hear dem Zar instead of dem Zaren.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Zar” in Duden online
- “Zar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache