زهر

See also: زہر

Arabic

Etymology

See its root ز ه ر (z-h-r).

Verb

1. to shine, to be radiant, to give light

Conjugation

زَهْر

Noun

زَهْر • (zahr) m (collective, singulative زَهْرَة f (zahra), plural زُهُور (zuhūr) or أَزْهُر (ʔazhur) or أَزْهَار (ʔazhār) or أَزَاهِير (ʔazāhīr) or أَزَاهِر (ʔazāhir))

1. flowers, blossoms
3. die, dice
4. cast iron

Declension

Declension of noun زَهْر (zahr)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْر zahr	الزَّهْر az-zahr	زَهْر zahr
Nominative	زَهْرٌ zahrun	الزَّهْرُ az-zahru	زَهْرُ zahru
Accusative	زَهْرًا zahran	الزَّهْرَ az-zahra	زَهْرَ zahra
Genitive	زَهْرٍ zahrin	الزَّهْرِ az-zahri	زَهْرِ zahri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْرَة zahra	الزَّهْرَة az-zahra	زَهْرَة zahrat
Nominative	زَهْرَةٌ zahratun	الزَّهْرَةُ az-zahratu	زَهْرَةُ zahratu
Accusative	زَهْرَةً zahratan	الزَّهْرَةَ az-zahrata	زَهْرَةَ zahrata
Genitive	زَهْرَةٍ zahratin	الزَّهْرَةِ az-zahrati	زَهْرَةِ zahrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْرَتَيْن zahratayn	الزَّهْرَتَيْن az-zahratayn	زَهْرَتَيْ zahratay
Nominative	زَهْرَتَانِ zahratāni	الزَّهْرَتَانِ az-zahratāni	زَهْرَتَا zahratā
Accusative	زَهْرَتَيْنِ zahratayni	الزَّهْرَتَيْنِ az-zahratayni	زَهْرَتَيْ zahratay
Genitive	زَهْرَتَيْنِ zahratayni	الزَّهْرَتَيْنِ az-zahratayni	زَهْرَتَيْ zahratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْرَات zahrāt	الزَّهْرَات az-zahrāt	زَهْرَات zahrāt
Nominative	زَهْرَاتٌ zahrātun	الزَّهْرَاتُ az-zahrātu	زَهْرَاتُ zahrātu
Accusative	زَهْرَاتٍ zahrātin	الزَّهْرَاتِ az-zahrāti	زَهْرَاتِ zahrāti
Genitive	زَهْرَاتٍ zahrātin	الزَّهْرَاتِ az-zahrāti	زَهْرَاتِ zahrāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُهُور‎; أَزْهُر‎; أَزْهَار‎; أَزَاهِير‎; أَزَاهِر zuhūr‎; ʔazhur‎; ʔazhār‎; ʔazāhīr‎; ʔazāhir	الزُّهُور‎; الْأَزْهُر‎; الْأَزْهَار‎; الْأَزَاهِير‎; الْأَزَاهِر az-zuhūr‎; al-ʔazhur‎; al-ʔazhār‎; al-ʔazāhīr‎; al-ʔazāhir	زُهُور‎; أَزْهُر‎; أَزْهَار‎; أَزَاهِير‎; أَزَاهِر zuhūr‎; ʔazhur‎; ʔazhār‎; ʔazāhīr‎; ʔazāhir
Nominative	زُهُورٌ‎; أَزْهُرٌ‎; أَزْهَارٌ‎; أَزَاهِيرُ‎; أَزَاهِرُ zuhūrun‎; ʔazhurun‎; ʔazhārun‎; ʔazāhīru‎; ʔazāhiru	الزُّهُورُ‎; الْأَزْهُرُ‎; الْأَزْهَارُ‎; الْأَزَاهِيرُ‎; الْأَزَاهِرُ az-zuhūru‎; al-ʔazhuru‎; al-ʔazhāru‎; al-ʔazāhīru‎; al-ʔazāhiru	زُهُورُ‎; أَزْهُرُ‎; أَزْهَارُ‎; أَزَاهِيرُ‎; أَزَاهِرُ zuhūru‎; ʔazhuru‎; ʔazhāru‎; ʔazāhīru‎; ʔazāhiru
Accusative	زُهُورًا‎; أَزْهُرًا‎; أَزْهَارًا‎; أَزَاهِيرَ‎; أَزَاهِرَ zuhūran‎; ʔazhuran‎; ʔazhāran‎; ʔazāhīra‎; ʔazāhira	الزُّهُورَ‎; الْأَزْهُرَ‎; الْأَزْهَارَ‎; الْأَزَاهِيرَ‎; الْأَزَاهِرَ az-zuhūra‎; al-ʔazhura‎; al-ʔazhāra‎; al-ʔazāhīra‎; al-ʔazāhira	زُهُورَ‎; أَزْهُرَ‎; أَزْهَارَ‎; أَزَاهِيرَ‎; أَزَاهِرَ zuhūra‎; ʔazhura‎; ʔazhāra‎; ʔazāhīra‎; ʔazāhira
Genitive	زُهُورٍ‎; أَزْهُرٍ‎; أَزْهَارٍ‎; أَزَاهِيرَ‎; أَزَاهِرَ zuhūrin‎; ʔazhurin‎; ʔazhārin‎; ʔazāhīra‎; ʔazāhira	الزُّهُورِ‎; الْأَزْهُرِ‎; الْأَزْهَارِ‎; الْأَزَاهِيرِ‎; الْأَزَاهِرِ az-zuhūri‎; al-ʔazhuri‎; al-ʔazhāri‎; al-ʔazāhīri‎; al-ʔazāhiri	زُهُورِ‎; أَزْهُرِ‎; أَزْهَارِ‎; أَزَاهِيرِ‎; أَزَاهِرِ zuhūri‎; ʔazhuri‎; ʔazhāri‎; ʔazāhīri‎; ʔazāhiri

Descendants

• Maltese: żahar
• → Ottoman Turkish: زار (zâr)
  • Turkish: zar
  • → Albanian: zar
  • → Bulgarian: зар (zar)
  • → Macedonian: зар (zar)
  • → Romanian: zar
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зар

    Latin script: zar

• → Persian: زار (zâr)
  • → Armenian: զար (zar), զառ (zaṙ)
  • → Azerbaijani: zar
  • → Georgian: ზარი (zari)
  • → Gujarati: ઝાર (jhār)
• ⇒ Arabic: اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”)
  • → Byzantine Greek: αζάριον (azárion), ζάριν (zárin)
    • Greek: ζάρι (zári)
  • → Italian: zara
  • → Old French: hasart
    • French: hasard
    • → English: hazard
  • → Portuguese: azar
  • → Spanish: azar

Derived terms

• زَهْر الثَّالُوث (zahr aṯ-ṯālūṯ)
• زَهْر الرَّبِيع (zahr ar-rabīʕ)
• زَهْر الْعَسَل (zahr al-ʕasal)
• زَهْر اللُّؤْلُؤ‎ (zahr al-luʔluʔ)
• مَاء الزَّهْر (māʔ az-zahr)

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zhar/

• Audio:

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Noun

زهر • (zhar) m

1. luck

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زهر (zahr, “poison, venom”).

Noun

زهر • (zehr)

1. poison, venom

   Synonyms: اغو (ağu), سم (sem)

2. anything very disagreeable
3. grief, anxiety, care
4. anger, rage, chafe

Derived terms

• زهرلك (zehirlik, “quality or effect of poison”)
• زهرلنمك (zehirlenmek, “to be poisoned”)
• زهزاب (zehrab, “poisoned water”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: zehir
• → Armenian: զեհիր (zehir)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زهر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 651
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زهر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, columns 2487–2488
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zehir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زهر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1020

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian zʾhl (zahr, “poison, venom”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	z
Dari reading?	z
Iranian reading?	z
Tajik reading?	z

Noun

Dari	زهر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	заҳр

زهر • (zahr) (plural زهرها (zahr-hâ))

1. poison, venom

Derived terms

• جام زهر (jâm-e zahr, literally “poisoned chalice”)
• زهر مار (zahr-e-mâr)
• زهرآلود (zahrâlud)
• زهرآگین (zahrâgin)
• زهرشناسی (zahršenâsi)
• پادزهر (pâdzahr)

 

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: զահր (zahr)
  • Armenian: զահր (zahr)
• → Azerbaijani: zəhər
• → Bengali: জহর (zôhôr)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़हर (zahr)

  Urdu: زہر (zahr)

• → Gilaki: زهر (zahr)
• → Kazakh: зәр (zär)
• → Kermanic:

  Abyanehi: [script needed] (zāhr)

• → Larestani: زهر (zahr)
• → Sarikoli: [script needed] (zār)
• → Shughni: [script needed] (zār)
• → Ottoman Turkish: زهر (zehr)
  • Gagauz: zihir
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зе̏хер

    Latin script: zȅher

  • Turkish: zehir
• → Turkmen: zäher
• → Uyghur: زەھەر (zeher)
• → Uzbek: zahar
• → Yidgha: [script needed] (zahᵃr)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 97

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ز ه ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zahr/, [ˈza.h(ɪ)rˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

زهر • (zahr) m (collective, singulative زهرة f (zahra), plural زهور (zhūr))

1. (uncountable) flowers

   Synonym: ورد (ward)

2. (uncountable) cauliflowers

   Synonym: قرنبيط (ʾarnabīṭ)

Noun

زهر • (zahr) m (plural زهور (zhūr))

1. dice

Adjective

زهر • (zahr) (invariable)

1. Alternative form of زهري (zahri, “pink”)