zar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zar"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Zapotec, Rincón or Spanish zapoteco rincón.

Symbol

zar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Rincón Zapotec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rincón Zapotec terms

English

Alternative forms

• zaar

Etymology

From Arabic زَار (zār).

Noun

zar (uncountable)

1. A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit.

Anagrams

• Raz

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”).

Noun

zar

1. die

Crimean Tatar

Noun

zar (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. membrane

Declension

Declension of zar

nominative	zar
genitive	zarnıñ
dative	zarğa
accusative	zarnı
locative	zarda
ablative	zardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Alternative forms

• tsar
• czar (common, but not official)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːr/, [sɑːˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Noun

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

1. tsar, czar

Inflection

Declension of zar

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zar	zaren	zarer	zarerne
genitive	zars	zarens	zarers	zarernes

Related terms

• zarina c

Further reading

• zar on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

zar m (plural zars)

1. a form of exorcism practised in Egypt

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), via Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cesare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zar/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡sar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: zàr

Noun

zar m (invariable)

1. tsar, czar

Derived terms

• zarina
• zarismo
• zarista

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic زَار (zār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: zàr

Noun

zar m (invariable)

1. zar

Northern Kurdish

Noun

zar m

1. word
2. language
3. child
4. heart

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”).

Noun

zar n (plural zaruri)

1. die

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	zar	zarul	zaruri	zarurile
genitive-dative	zar	zarului	zaruri	zarurilor
vocative	zarule		zarurilor

Further reading

• “zar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaže, from *za + *že.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâr/

Particle

zȁr (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)

1. (auxiliary interrogative particle) used in tag questions, to ask for an affirmation to a polar question; don't, doesn't, isn't, aren’t, right

   Zar ne zna to? ― Doesn’t he/she know that?

   Hladno je, zar ne? ― It’s cold, isn’t it?

   To i nije tako loša ideja, zar ne? ― That isn’t such a bad idea, right?

See also

• li (interrogative particle)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic إِزَار (ʔizār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâːr/

Noun

zȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling за̑р)

1. (regional, Bosnia) curtain
2. (regional, Bosnia) yashmak
3. (regional, Bosnia) veil

Declension

Declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zarovi
genitive	zara	zarova
dative	zaru	zarovima
accusative	zar	zarove
vocative	zare	zarovi
locative	zaru	zarovima
instrumental	zarom	zarovima

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”).

zarovi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâr/

Noun

zȁr m inan (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)

1. (Bosnia) die

Declension

Declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zarovi
genitive	zara	zarova
dative	zaru	zarovima
accusative	zar	zarove
vocative	zare	zarovi
locative	zaru	zarovima
instrumental	zarom	zarovima

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tsar (nonstandard)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Caesarbor.

Proto-Germanic *kaisarazder.

Proto-Slavic *cěsařь

Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ)

Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ)

Russian царь (carʹ)bor.

Spanish zar

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of César (“Caesar”) and káiser (“Kaiser”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaɾ/ [ˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ/ [ˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zar

Noun

zar m (plural zares, feminine zarina, feminine plural zarinas)

1. tsar, czar

Further reading

• “zar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Proto-Turkic *sar. Initial z- is seemingly unexplainable as this word is inherited and not borrowed. See Proto-Turkic *saru- for more.

Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

1. membrane
2. diaphragm
3. film
4. skin

Derived terms

• hücre zarı

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”) from Ancient Greek τέσσερα (téssera, “four”) from Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ (téssără, “four”).

Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

1. die (dice)

Declension

Declension of zar

singular plural nominative zar zarlar definite accusative zarı zarları dative zara zarlara locative zarda zarlarda ablative zardan zarlardan genitive zarın zarların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular zarım zarlarım 2nd singular zarın zarların 3rd singular zarı zarları 1st plural zarımız zarlarımız 2nd plural zarınız zarlarınız 3rd plural zarları zarları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular zarımı zarlarımı 2nd singular zarını zarlarını 3rd singular zarını zarlarını 1st plural zarımızı zarlarımızı 2nd plural zarınızı zarlarınızı 3rd plural zarlarını zarlarını dative singular plural 1st singular zarıma zarlarıma 2nd singular zarına zarlarına 3rd singular zarına zarlarına 1st plural zarımıza zarlarımıza 2nd plural zarınıza zarlarınıza 3rd plural zarlarına zarlarına locative singular plural 1st singular zarımda zarlarımda 2nd singular zarında zarlarında 3rd singular zarında zarlarında 1st plural zarımızda zarlarımızda 2nd plural zarınızda zarlarınızda 3rd plural zarlarında zarlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular zarımdan zarlarımdan 2nd singular zarından zarlarından 3rd singular zarından zarlarından 1st plural zarımızdan zarlarımızdan 2nd plural zarınızdan zarlarınızdan 3rd plural zarlarından zarlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular zarımın zarlarımın 2nd singular zarının zarlarının 3rd singular zarının zarlarının 1st plural zarımızın zarlarımızın 2nd plural zarınızın zarlarınızın 3rd plural zarlarının zarlarının

Turkmen

Noun

zar (definite accusative zary, plural zarlar)

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Declension

Declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zarlar
accusative	zary	zarlary
genitive	zaryň	zarlaryň
dative	zara	zarlara
locative	zarda	zarlarda
ablative	zardan	zarlardan

Further reading

• “zar” in Enedilim.com

Volapük

Noun

zar (genitive zara, plural zars)

1. tsar

Declension

Declension of zar

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zar	zars
Genitive	zara	zaras
Dative	zare	zares
Accusative	zari	zaris
Predicative1	zaru	zarus
Vocative	o zar	o zars

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Further reading

• “zar”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Yola

Verb

zar

1. alternative form of zarve (“serve”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:

     Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,

     Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80 & 88