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English
Noun
zari (usually uncountable, plural zaris)
- A fine gold or silver thread used in traditional Indian, Pakistani and Persian garments, especially as brocade in saris etc.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
zari m
- plural of zaro
Japanese
Romanization
zari
- Rōmaji transcription of ざり
Latvian
Noun
zari m
- nominative/vocative plural of zars
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زارع (zari), from Arabic زَرَعَ (zaraʕa, “to sow, cultivate”).
Noun
zari (definite accusative zarii, plural zürra) (obsolete)
- farmer (person who grows crops)
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5437
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zürra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5509
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زارع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 638
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Volapük
Noun
zari
- accusative singular of zar