ضرر

See also: صرر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ض ر ر (ḍ r r)
12 terms

Compare ضَرَّ (ḍarra, “to damage”).

Noun

ضَرَر • (ḍarar) m (plural أَضْرَار (ʔaḍrār))

damage, injury, hurt, harm, mischief
لَا ضَرَر ― lā ḍarar ― never mind, it does not matter

لَا ضَرَرَ وَلَا ضِرَار
lā ḍarara walā ḍirār
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an evil state or condition
defect, deficiency, detriment, loss
narrowness, straitness
brink or edge of a cave

Declension

Declension of noun ضَرَر (ḍarar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَر ḍarar	الضَّرَر aḍ-ḍarar	ضَرَر ḍarar
Nominative	ضَرَرٌ ḍararun	الضَّرَرُ aḍ-ḍararu	ضَرَرُ ḍararu
Accusative	ضَرَرًا ḍararan	الضَّرَرَ aḍ-ḍarara	ضَرَرَ ḍarara
Genitive	ضَرَرٍ ḍararin	الضَّرَرِ aḍ-ḍarari	ضَرَرِ ḍarari
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَرَرَيْن ḍararayn	الضَّرَرَيْن aḍ-ḍararayn	ضَرَرَيْ ḍararay
Nominative	ضَرَرَانِ ḍararāni	الضَّرَرَانِ aḍ-ḍararāni	ضَرَرَا ḍararā
Accusative	ضَرَرَيْنِ ḍararayni	الضَّرَرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍararayni	ضَرَرَيْ ḍararay
Genitive	ضَرَرَيْنِ ḍararayni	الضَّرَرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍararayni	ضَرَرَيْ ḍararay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَضْرَار ʔaḍrār	الْأَضْرَار al-ʔaḍrār	أَضْرَار ʔaḍrār
Nominative	أَضْرَارٌ ʔaḍrārun	الْأَضْرَارُ al-ʔaḍrāru	أَضْرَارُ ʔaḍrāru
Accusative	أَضْرَارًا ʔaḍrāran	الْأَضْرَارَ al-ʔaḍrāra	أَضْرَارَ ʔaḍrāra
Genitive	أَضْرَارٍ ʔaḍrārin	الْأَضْرَارِ al-ʔaḍrāri	أَضْرَارِ ʔaḍrāri

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: zərər
→ Kazakh: зарар (zarar), залал (zalal)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ضرر (zarar)
- Turkish: zarar
- → Albanian: zarar
- → Middle Armenian: զարար (zarar)
  - Armenian: զարար (zarar)
- → Aromanian: zãrari／zãrare
- → Bulgarian: зара́р (zarár)
- → Georgian: ზარალი (zarali)
  - → Mingrelian: ზარალი (zarali)
  - → Svan: ზარა̈ლ (zaräl)
- → Greek: ζαράρι (zarári) — Cretan
- → Macedonian: зарар (zarar)
- → Romanian: zarar
→ Persian: ضرر (zarar)
→ Swahili: dhara
→ Turkmen: zelel
→ Uyghur: زەرەر (zerer)
→ Uzbek: zarar

Adjective

ضَرَر • (ḍarar)

narrow

Declension

Declension of adjective ضَرَر (ḍarar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ضَرَر ḍarar	الضَّرَر aḍ-ḍarar	ضَرَرَة ḍarara	الضَّرَرَة aḍ-ḍarara
Nominative	ضَرَرٌ ḍararun	الضَّرَرُ aḍ-ḍararu	ضَرَرَةٌ ḍararatun	الضَّرَرَةُ aḍ-ḍararatu
Accusative	ضَرَرًا ḍararan	الضَّرَرَ aḍ-ḍarara	ضَرَرَةً ḍararatan	الضَّرَرَةَ aḍ-ḍararata
Genitive	ضَرَرٍ ḍararin	الضَّرَرِ aḍ-ḍarari	ضَرَرَةٍ ḍararatin	الضَّرَرَةِ aḍ-ḍararati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	ضَرَرَيْن ḍararayn	الضَّرَرَيْن aḍ-ḍararayn	ضَرَرَتَيْن ḍararatayn	الضَّرَرَتَيْن aḍ-ḍararatayn
Nominative	ضَرَرَانِ ḍararāni	الضَّرَرَانِ aḍ-ḍararāni	ضَرَرَتَانِ ḍararatāni	الضَّرَرَتَانِ aḍ-ḍararatāni
Accusative	ضَرَرَيْنِ ḍararayni	الضَّرَرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍararayni	ضَرَرَتَيْنِ ḍararatayni	الضَّرَرَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍararatayni
Genitive	ضَرَرَيْنِ ḍararayni	الضَّرَرَيْنِ aḍ-ḍararayni	ضَرَرَتَيْنِ ḍararatayni	الضَّرَرَتَيْنِ aḍ-ḍararatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		—
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	—	—
Nominative	—	—	—	—
Accusative	—	—	—	—
Genitive	—	—	—	—

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar, “damage, harm”).

Noun

ضرر • (zarar) (definitive accusative ضرری (zararı))

damage, injury, detriment, harm, the condition or measure of something not being intact
Synonyms: زیان (ziyan), گزند (gezend), مضرت (mazarrat)
loss, the result of no longer possessing an object, function, or characteristic
Synonyms: خسارت (hasaret), زیان (ziyan), غائب (gayıb)

Derived terms

ضرر دیده (zarar dide, “who suffered damage”)
ضرر چكمك (zarar çekmek, “to suffer harm or loss”)
ضررسز (zararsız, “harmless, innocent”)
ضررلاشمق (zararlaşmak, “to go shares in a loss”)
ضررلو (zararlı, “harmful, injurious”)
ضرری طوقونمق (zararı dokunmak, “to cause harm”)
ضرری یوق (zararı yok, “it doesn't matter”)

Descendants

Turkish: zarar
→ Albanian: zarar
→ Middle Armenian: զարար (zarar)
- Armenian: զարար (zarar)
→ Aromanian: zãrari／zãrare
→ Bulgarian: зара́р (zarár)
→ Georgian: ზარალი (zarali)
- → Mingrelian: ზარალი (zarali)
- → Svan: ზარა̈ლ (zaräl)
→ Greek: ζαράρι (zarári) — Cretan
→ Macedonian: зарар (zarar)
→ Romanian: zarar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	zarar
Dari reading^?	zarar
Iranian reading^?	zarar
Tajik reading^?	zarar

Noun

ضرر • (zarar)

detriment, loss, disadvantage, deficiency
Synonym: زیان (ziyân)

Antonyms: سود (sud), فایده (fâyede)
hurt, harm, injury
Synonym: آسیب (âsib)

Related terms

مضر (mozerr)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: જરર (jarar), ઝરર (jharar)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zarar), from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.ɾəɾ/

Noun

ضَرَر • (zarar) m (Hindi spelling ज़रर)

detriment, loss, disadvantage, deficiency
hurt, damage,
Synonyms: چوٹ (coṭ), جُرْح (jurh), آگھات (āghāt)
distress, anguish
harm, injury

References

“ضرر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ضرر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Arabic ضرر (ḍarar).

Noun

ضرر (zarar)

loss, damage

ضرر

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Pronunciation

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Related terms

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