زیور

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zeː.ˈwar/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.væɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ze.väɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	zēwar
Dari reading?	zēwar
Iranian reading?	zivar
Tajik reading?	zevar

Noun

زیور • (zēwar / zivar) (Tajik spelling зевар)

1. ornament, decoration

   Synonyms: آرایش (ārāyiš / ârâyeš), آذین (āzīn / âzin), زیب (zēb / zib), پیرایش (pīrāyiš / pirâyeš), تزیین (tazyīn / tazyin), زینت (zīnat / zinat)

Derived terms

• زیور دادن (zēwar dādan / zivar dâdan, “(transitive) to apply ornament”)
• زیورآلات (zēwar'ālāt / zivar'âlât, “jewelry”)

Descendants

• → Urdu: زیوَر (zevar)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “زیور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زیور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیور (zēwar), related to زیبیدن (zēbīdan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zeː.ʋəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: زے‧وَر

Noun

زیوَر • (zevar) m (formal plural زیوَرَات (zevarāt), Hindi spelling ज़ेवर)

1. jewellery, ornament
2. (figuratively) grounds for adornment

Declension

Declension of زیور

	singular	plural
direct	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَر (zevar)
oblique	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَروں (zevarõ)
vocative	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَرو (zevaro)

Further reading

• “زیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زیور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “زیور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.