zar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zar"

English

Alternative forms

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

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

zar ?

  1. die

Crimean Tatar

Noun

zar

  1. membrane

Declension

References

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

Danish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

  1. tsar, czar

Inflection

Further reading

French

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/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: zàr

Noun

zar m (invariable)

  1. tsar, czar
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic زَار‎ (zār).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

zar m (invariable)

  1. zar

References

  1. zar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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 (Cyrillic spelling за̑р)

  1. curtain
  2. yashmak
  3. veil
Declension

Etymology 3

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

zarovi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zâr/

Noun

zȁr m (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)

  1. die
Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ); see it for more. Doublet of César (“Caesar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaɾ/ [ˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsaɾ/ [ˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: zar

Noun

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

  1. tsar, czar

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

  1. die

Etymology 2

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

Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

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

Turkmen

Noun

zar (definite accusative zary, plural zarlar)

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Declension

Further reading

  • “zar” in Enedilim.com

Volapük

Noun

zar (nominative plural zars)

  1. tsar

Declension

Yola

Verb

zar

  1. simple past tense of zarve

Verb

zar

  1. Alternative form of zarve
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11:
      Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,
      Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 80 & 88
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