ظفر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r), inherited from Proto-Semitic *θ̣upr-, *θ̣ipr-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤufr/
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ðˤu.fur/
  • IPA(key): /ðˤifr/

Noun

ظُفْر or ظُفُر or ظِفْر (ẓufr or ẓufur or ẓifrm (plural أَظْفَار (ʔaẓfār) or أَظْفُر (ʔaẓfur) or أَظَافِير (ʔaẓāfīr))

  1. fingernail
  2. claw
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) I, non-past يَظْفَرُ‎ (yaẓfaru) [+ بِ (object)] and [+ عَلَى (object)]

  1. to triumph over, to win, to superate
  2. to win, to gain, to receive
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

Verb

ظَفَّرَ (ẓaffara) II, non-past يُظَفِّرُ‎ (yuẓaffiru)

  1. to grant victory
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

Noun

ظَفَر (ẓafarm

  1. verbal noun of ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) (form I)
  2. obtainment, success, victory
  3. level ground
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: zəfər
  • Persian: ظفر (zafar)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “ظفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 87–88
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ظفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1912
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ظفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 656
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ظفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 800

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic зәфәр
Abjad ظفر

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظفر (zəfər) (definite accusative ظفری, plural ظفرلر)

  1. victory, triumph

Declension


Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤifir/, [dˤe̞fe̞r]
    • IPA(key): /ðˤifir/ (alternative or rural pronunciation)

Noun

ظِفِر (ḍifirm (plural أظافر ‎(ʾaḍāfir) or أظافير ‎(ʾaḍāfīr))

  1. nail
  2. fingernail

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Noun

ظفر (zafer)

  1. victory, triumph

Descendants


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ظفر (zafar)

  1. victory, triumph

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Noun

ظفر (zafarm (Hindi spelling ज़फ़र)

  1. victory, triumph
  2. profit, gain
  3. success