اثر

See also: أثر, آثر, إثر, أتر, أبر, اتر, and ابر

Gawar-Bati

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu اثر (asar), from Persian اثر (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Verb

اثر (asar)

1. to be influenced/possessed by spirits

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Noun

اثر • (eser) (plural آثار (asar))

1. work (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

   شاه اثر ― şah eser ― masterpiece

2. trace, sign, mark
   • 1897, Vecihi, Çoban Kızı‎^[1], page 171:

     احمدك قلبنده مرحمتدن اثر آرامق ملعون وجدانلرده خوف خدا تحری ایتمك قبیلندن ایدی.

     Ahmed'in kalbinde merhametten eser aramak melun vicdanlarda havf hüda taharri etmek kabilinden idi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Turkish: eser

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اثر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 50

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-

Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar)bor.

Persian اثر

Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈsar/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sáɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sáɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sáɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sáɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sáɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	asar
Dari reading?	asar
Iranian reading?	asar
Tajik reading?	asar

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

اثر • (asar) (plural آثار (āsār / âsâr), or اثرها (asar-hā / asar-hâ), or اثرات (asarāt / asarât), Tajik spelling асар)

2. trace, sign, mark
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1803:

     این زمین از حلم حق دارد اثر / تا نجاست برد و گلها داد بر

     īn zamīn az hilm-i haqq dārad asar / tā najāsat burd u gul-hā dād bar

     This earth has the mark of God's clemency, in that it got filth and gave flowers as the produce.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

4. effect, impact
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2874:

     جفت کردیم این عمل را با اثر / چون رسد جفتی رسد جفتی دگر

     juft kardēm īn amal-rā bā asar / čūn rasad juftē rasad juftē dīgar

     We have mated this action with the effect: when one mate arrives, another mate arrives.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

6. impression
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3587:

     عقل اثر را روح پندارد ولیک / نور خور از قرص خور دورست نیک

     aql asar-rā rūh pindarad walēk / nūr-i xwar az qurs-i xwar dūr-ast nēk

     The intellect deems the impression to be the Spirit, but the light of the sun is very far from (being) the orb of the sun.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

7. (in the plural, آثار) relic, historical monument
8. (usually in the plural) literary work

Usage notes

• Usually, the plural اثرات is only used for senses 1, 2 and 3.

Derived terms

(verbs)

• اثر داشتن (asar dāštan / asar dâštan)
• اثر پذیرفتن (asar pazīruftan / asar paziroftan)
• اثر کردن (asar kardan)
• اثر گذاشتن (asar guzaštan / asar gozaštan)

(others)

• اثر گلخانه‌ای (asar-i gulxāna-ī / asar-e golxâne-i, “Greenhouse effect”)
• اثرانگشت (asar-angušt / asar-angošt, “fingerprint”)
• بی‌اثر (bē-asar / bi-asar, “ineffective”)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: અસર (asar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: असर (asar)

  Urdu: اثر (asar)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-

Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar)bor.

Classical Persian اَثَر (asar)bor.

Urdu اثر

Borrowed from Classical Persian اثر (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.səɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Homophone: عَصْر ('asr) (sukoon-zabar in Perso-Arab loanwords)

Noun

اَثَر • (asar) m (formal plural اثرات, Hindi spelling असर)

1. result, consequence, impact
2. effect

   Synonym: پَرْبھاو (parbhāv)

3. influence
4. impress, impression

Declension

Declension of اثر

	singular	plural
direct	اَثَر (asar)	اَثَر (asar)
oblique	اَثَر (asar)	اَثَروں (asarõ)
vocative	اَثَر (asar)	اَثَرو (asaro)

Descendants

• → Fiji Hindi: asar

References

• “اثر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اثر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اثر (asar), from Persian اثر (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Noun

اثر (asr)

1. effect
2. result
3. impression
4. influence

Uzbek

Noun

اَثَر (asar) (plural اثرلر)

1. Afghan Uzbek spelling of asar

Further reading

• Aimaq, Dr. Fayzullah (2007), “اثر”, in فرهنگ اوزبیکی به فارسی / دری [farhang-i ōzbēkī ba fārsī / darī, Uzbek-Persian/Dari dictionary] (overall work in Persian), page 145