حصار

See also: حضار

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from the root ح ص ر (ḥ-ṣ-r).

Noun

حِصَار • (ḥiṣār) m

1. verbal noun of حَاصَرَ (ḥāṣara) (form III)

Declension

Declension of noun حِصَار (ḥiṣār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِصَار ḥiṣār	الْحِصَار al-ḥiṣār	حِصَار ḥiṣār
Nominative	حِصَارٌ ḥiṣārun	الْحِصَارُ al-ḥiṣāru	حِصَارُ ḥiṣāru
Accusative	حِصَارًا ḥiṣāran	الْحِصَارَ al-ḥiṣāra	حِصَارَ ḥiṣāra
Genitive	حِصَارٍ ḥiṣārin	الْحِصَارِ al-ḥiṣāri	حِصَارِ ḥiṣāri

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: հիսար (hisar), խսար (xsar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حصار (hisar)
  • Turkish: hisar
  • → Macedonian: хисар (hisar)
• → Persian: حصار (hesâr)

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār).

Noun

حصار • (hesâr) (plural حصار‌ها (hesâr-hâ))

1. fence, barrier
2. (archaic) fortification, fortress
3. (archaic) safehouse
4. (archaic, music) a variant of Persian traditional music

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “حصار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press