زر

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See also: رز and رژ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ز ر ر (z r r)
1 term

Verb

زَرَّ (zarra) I (non-past يَزُرُّ (yazurru), verbal noun زَرّ (zarr))

  1. to encroach upon one's enemy
  2. to apprehend, to perceive
  3. to beam, to dazzle, to gleam, to glitter
  4. to button
  5. to collect intensely
  6. to constrict
  7. to blanch, to bleach, to dust off
Conjugation

Noun

زِرّ (zirrm (plural أَزْرار (ʔazrār) or زُرُور (zurūr))

  1. button
  2. switch button in a power socket

Etymology 2

Verb

زُرْ (zur) (form I) /zur/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of زَارَ (zāra)

References

زر” in Almaany

Baluchi

Noun

زر (zar)

  1. gold
  2. money

See also

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ز ر ر
1 term
أَزَارير / أَزْرار

Etymology

From Arabic زِرّ (zirr).

Pronunciation

Noun

زِرّ (zirrm (plural أَزارير (ʔazārīr) or أَزْرار (ʔazrār))

  1. button

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian زر (zar, gold), from Middle Persian *zarr (gold).

Noun

زر (zer)

  1. gold, a yellow chemical element of great value and one of the noble metals
    Synonyms: آلتون (altun, altın), ذهب (zeheb)
  2. coin, a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc
    Synonyms: آقچه (akçe), سكه (sikke)
  3. money, a generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value
    Synonym: پاره (pare, para)

Adjective

زر (zer)

  1. yellow, possessing a color which stands between gree and orange on the visible spectrum
    Synonym: صاری (sarı)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Turkish: zer

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic زِرّ (zirr, button), from the verb زَرّ (zarr, to button).

Noun

زر (zırr) (definite accusative زری (zırrı), plural زرور (zurur))

  1. button, a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or buttonhole, which is used as a fastener
    Synonym: دوگمه (düğme)
  2. (botany) bud, a newly sprouted leaf, blossom, or short shoot that has not yet unfolded
    Synonyms: طومروجاق (tomrucak), طومروق (tomruk)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

زر (zır)

  1. buzz, hum, thrum, whirr, a continuous humming noise, as of bees
    Synonyms: اوغلدی (uğuldu), طنطنه (tantana)

Adjective

زر (zır)

  1. buzzing, whirring, thrumming, producing a continuous humming noise
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Indo-Iranian cognates include Baluchi ہزار (hazár), Persian هزار (hezâr), Northern Kurdish ھەزار (hezar) and Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra). Akin to Old Armenian հազար (hazar), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Numeral

زر (zër)

  1. thousand
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y /⁠daraniya-⁠/), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya, gold)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (yellow; gleam; to shine). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato, gold), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Pronunciation

Noun

زر (zarm

  1. metal

Persian

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *zarr (gold), from Parthian *zarn (gold); the inherited form would have started with a D, as is seen in Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y). Ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (yellow; gleam; to shine). Indo-Iranian cognates include Northern Kurdish zêrr, and Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Other cognates include Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, and English gold and yellow.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zarr, zar
Dari reading? zarr, zar
Iranian reading? zarr, zar
Tajik reading? zarr, zar

Noun

Dari زر
Iranian Persian
Tajik зар

زر (zar)

  1. gold
    Synonym: طلا (talâ)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-, *gʰer- (to encircle; to spin around).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zur
Dari reading? zur
Iranian reading? zor
Tajik reading? zur

Noun

زر (zor)

  1. (dialectal) rotation
  2. (dialectal) revolution
  3. (dialectal) circulation
  4. (dialectal) spin
  5. (dialectal) travel

Etymology 3

From Proto-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-Iranian , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (to grow old, to mature).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? zar
Dari reading? zar
Iranian reading? zar
Tajik reading? zar

Noun

زر (zar)

  1. old person, old man
    • c. 935 CE, Daqīqī :
      همی نوبهار آید و تیر ماه/ جهان گاه برنا شود گاه زر
Derived terms

References


South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زِرّ (zirr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zirr/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

زرّ (zirrm (plural زرار (zrār))

  1. button, knob
  2. a single item of certain vegetables
    زر تومةzirr tōmea clove of garlic
    زر بطاطا (in some areas)zirr baṭāṭaa potato

Derived terms

  • زر الإجر (zirr il-ʔijr, ankle, literally knob of the leg)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto زر (zër).

Numeral

زر (zer)

  1. thousand