زار

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ز و ر (z-w-r)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zaː.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Verb[edit]

زَارَ (zāra) I, non-past يَزُورُ‎ (yazūru)

  1. to incline towards, to repair to the direction of
  2. to visit

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 265
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1268
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 535

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ز و ر
1 term

From Arabic زَارَ (zāra).

Verb[edit]

زار (zār) I (non-past يزور (yizūr))

  1. to visit
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Uncertain. Probably from Blin ጃር (ǧar, Skygod), either directly or by means of the Amharic doublet zar.[1]

Noun[edit]

زار (zārm (usually uncountable)

  1. zar; a folk exorcism, usually performed on women dancing to music in circles.
    كدية الزارthe female chief celebrant at a zar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rouaud, A., Battain, Tiziana (2002) Bearman, P., Bianquis, Th., Bosworth, C.E., van Donzel, E., editors, Zār (Encyclopaedia of Islam)‎[1], Second edition, volume 11, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, retrieved 12 June 2023, pages 455-457

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ز و ر
1 term

From Arabic زَارَ (zāra).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

زار (zār) I (non-past يزور (yzūr))

  1. to visit

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of زار
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m زرت (zurt) زرتي (zurti) زار (zār) زرنا (zurna) زرتوا (zurtu) زاروا (zāru)
f زارت (zāret)
non-past m نزور (nzūr) تزور (tzūr) يزور (yzūr) نزوروا (nzūru) تزوروا (tzūru) يزوروا (yzūru)
f تزوري (tzūri) تزور (tzūr)
imperative m زور (zūr) زوروا (zūru)
f زوري (zūri)

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic إِزَار (ʔizār).

Noun[edit]

زار (zar)

  1. membrane, film, skin, wrap

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

Noun[edit]

زار (zar)

  1. die
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: zar
  • Albanian: zar
  • Bulgarian: зар (zar)
  • Macedonian: зар (zar)
  • Romanian: zar
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: зар
    Latin script: zar

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jāráyati. See it for more.

Noun[edit]

Dari زار
Iranian Persian
Tajik зор

زار (zâr)

  1. groan
  2. lament
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

Noun[edit]

زار (zâr)

  1. die (for gambling)
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Middle Persian [Term?].

Suffix[edit]

ـزار (-zâr)

  1. Used to form nouns meaning "a place where (a noun) is abundant."
    گل (gol, rose, flower) + ‎ـزار → ‎گلزار (golzâr, rose garden)
    لاله (lâle, poppy) + ‎ـزار → ‎لاله‌زار (lâlezâr, field of poppies)
    نی (ney, reed) + ‎ـزار → ‎نی‌زار (neyzâr, place covered with reeds)

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ز و ر
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic زَارَ (zāra).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zaːr/, [zɑːrˤ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

زار (zār) I (present بزور (bizūr))

  1. to visit

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of زار (zār)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m زرت (zurt) زرت (zurt) زار (zār) زرنا (zurna) زرتو (zurtu) زارو (zāru)
f زرتي (zurti) زارت (zārat)
present m بزور (bazūr) بتزور (bitzūr) بزور (bizūr) منزور (minzūr) بتزورو (bitzūru) بيزورو (bizūru)
f بتزوري (bitzūri) بتزور (bitzūr)
subjunctive m ازور (azūr) تزور (tzūr) يزور (yzūr) نزور (nzūr) تزورو (tzūru) يزورو (yzūru)
f تزوري (tzūri) تزور (tzūr)
imperative m زور (zūr) زورو (zūru)
f زوري (zūri)

Urdu[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian زار (zār), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *jāráyati.

Noun[edit]

زار (zārm (Hindi spelling ज़ार)

  1. lament
  2. groan
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English czar, from Russian царь (carʹ).

Noun[edit]

زار (zārm (Hindi spelling ज़ार)

  1. czar
Synonyms[edit]