زور

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See also: ژور, ژوژ, روژ, رور, زوز, and روز

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز و ر (z-w-r).

Verb

زَوِرَ (zawira) I, non-past يَزْوَرُ‎ (yazwaru)

  1. to incline
Conjugation

Verb

زَوَّرَ (zawwara) II, non-past يُزَوِّرُ‎ (yuzawwiru)

  1. to acknowledge as a visitor, to treat as a visitor

Noun

زَوْر (zawrm (plural أَزْوَار (ʔazwār))

  1. verbal noun of زَارَ (zāra) (form I)
  2. thorax, chest
Declension

Noun

زَوَر (zawarm

  1. verbal noun of زَوِرَ (zawira) (form I)
  2. inclination
  3. crookedness, wryness, distortion
  4. distorted chest, asymmetrical thorax
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫 (zwl /⁠zūr⁠/), and Template:ar-denominal verb.

Noun

زُور (zūrm

  1. lie, untruth, false testimony, perjury
Declension

Verb

زَوَّرَ (zawwara) II, non-past يُزَوِّرُ‎ (yuzawwiru)

  1. to call a lie, to impinge
  2. to forge, to counterfeit

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫 (zwl /⁠zōr⁠/).

Noun

زُور (zūrm

  1. strength, force
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 265
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1268–1269
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 535

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زور (zor).

Adjective

زور (zor)

  1. hard, difficult, exhausting

Noun

زور (zor)

  1. force, strength, power, energy, might
  2. violence, force
  3. compulsion, constraint
  4. difficulty
  5. necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: zor
  • Bulgarian: зор (zor)
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȏr, зо̑р

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zwhl /⁠zōhr⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tlo-, from *ǵʰew- (to pour). Compare English god, God. See also Persian ژون (žun, idol).

Pronunciation

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Noun

زور (zowr)

  1. libation

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /⁠zōr⁠/). Compare Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Template:fa-pronunciation

Noun

Dari زور
Iranian Persian
Tajik зӯр

زور (zur)

  1. force, strength, power, might
  2. violence, force
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: զոռ (zoṙ)
  • Azerbaijani: zor
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  • Greek: ζόρι (zóri)
  • Hindi: ज़ोर (zor)
  • Konkani: जोर (jora)
  • Marathi: जोर (jor)
  • Romanian: zor
  • Ottoman Turkish: زور (zor)
  • Urdu: زور (zor)
  • Udi: зор (zor)

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zʿwr /⁠zūr⁠/). Compare also Old Armenian զուր (zur), from Parthian.

Noun

زور (zur)

  1. (obsolete) lie, falsehood

Descendants

  • Arabic: زُور (zūr) (from Middle Persian)

Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian زور (zor).

Adverb

زور (zor)

  1. powerfully
  2. forcibly
  3. violently

Noun

زور (zorm (Hindi spelling ज़ोर)

  1. force, strength
  2. power, might
  3. exertion, stress
  4. violence
  5. capacity, ability