zori

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See also: zōri and зори

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 草履 (zōri).

Pronunciation

Noun

zori (plural zori or zoris)

  1. A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
    • 1983 July, Tony Annesi, Dogu: Tools For the Way, Black Belt, page 70,
      Zori should be left at the edge of the training area so they can easily be stepped into. In Western dojo, this is sometimes impractical, but zori should at least be put on as soon as possible after leaving the training area.
    • 1984, Morgan Yamanaka, “Morgan Yamanaka: Tule Lake”, in John Tateishi, editor, And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps, page 117:
      […] and they had a machine gun aimed at us, and we stood in the snow for three, four, five hours in our underwear and zoris.
    • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 25:
      She took a while getting her crooked feet into her zori, but finally turned toward Mr. Tanaka and gave him a look he seemed to understand at once, because he left the room, closing the door behind him.
    • 2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 14:
      Traditionally, zori are worn to and from the place of practice. Zori are similar to flip-flops and used to be made from straw.
  2. (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.
    Synonym: flip-flop
    • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:
      He ran back and I watched him go, legs pumping, soles of his zori showing.

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Further reading

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *zori (“bird, luck”).

Noun

zori inan

  1. luck, chance, fate, fortune
    Synonym: adur
Declension
Declension of zori (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zori zoria zoriak
ergative zorik zoriak zoriek
dative zoriri zoriari zoriei
genitive zoriren zoriaren zorien
comitative zorirekin zoriarekin zoriekin
causative zorirengatik zoriarengatik zoriengatik
benefactive zorirentzat zoriarentzat zorientzat
instrumental zoriz zoriaz zoriez
inessive zoritan zorian zorietan
locative zoritako zoriko zorietako
allative zoritara zorira zorietara
terminative zoritaraino zoriraino zorietaraino
directive zoritarantz zorirantz zorietarantz
destinative zoritarako zorirako zorietarako
ablative zoritatik zoritik zorietatik
partitive zoririk — —
prolative zoritzat — —

Etymology 2

Adjective

zori (comparative zoriago, superlative zorien, excessive zoriegi)

  1. mature, ripe
Declension
Declension of zori (adjective, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive zori zoria zoriak
ergative zorik zoriak zoriek
dative zoriri zoriari zoriei
genitive zoriren zoriaren zorien
comitative zorirekin zoriarekin zoriekin
causative zorirengatik zoriarengatik zoriengatik
benefactive zorirentzat zoriarentzat zorientzat
instrumental zoriz zoriaz zoriez
inessive anim. zorirengan zoriarengan zoriengan
inanim. zoritan zorian zorietan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. zoritako zoriko zorietako
allative anim. zorirengana zoriarengana zoriengana
inanim. zoritara zorira zorietara
terminative anim. zorirenganaino zoriarenganaino zorienganaino
inanim. zoritaraino zoriraino zorietaraino
directive anim. zorirenganantz zoriarenganantz zorienganantz
inanim. zoritarantz zorirantz zorietarantz
destinative anim. zorirenganako zoriarenganako zorienganako
inanim. zoritarako zorirako zorietarako
ablative anim. zorirengandik zoriarengandik zoriengandik
inanim. zoritatik zoritik zorietatik
partitive zoririk — —
prolative zoritzat — —

Further reading

  • "zori" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “zori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зорꙗ (zorja), from Proto-Slavic *zořa. See also zare. Compare Bulgarian зора (zora), Serbo-Croatian zora, Aromanian ndzari.

Pronunciation

Noun

zori m pl (plural only)

  1. daybreak, dawn

Declension

declension of zori (plural only)
plural
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (niște) zori zorii
genitive/dative (unor) zori zorilor
vocative zorilor

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zori (Cyrillic spelling зори)

  1. dative/locative singular of zora

Slovene

Noun

zori

  1. inflection of zora:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Verb

zori

  1. third-person singular present of zoreti

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

zori

  1. (western dialect) cicada

References

  • Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' in Macquarie Aboriginal Words, p. 388.
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