زر

Baluchi

Noun

زر (zar)

1. gold
2. money

See also

• طلا (talá, tilá)
• پیسہ (paysa)

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Pashto

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zər/

Numeral

زر • (zër)

1. thousand

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian [script?] (daraniya-), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya, “gold”)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Cf. Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato, “gold”), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zar/

Noun

زر • (zar) m

1. metal

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Persian

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script?] (zarr), from Parthian [Manichaean?] (zarn, “gold”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish zêrr), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian [script?] (daraniya-), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Cf. Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Noun

زر • (zar)

Dari	زر
Iranian Persian	زر
Tajik	зар (zar)

1. gold

Synonyms

• طلا (talâ)

Derived terms

• زرین (zarrin)
• زرگر (zargar)
• زرگری (zargari)

Etymology 2

Noun

زر • (zor)

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

Related terms

• زر خوردن (zor xordan)
• زر دادن (zor dâdan)