حصار

See also: حضار

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from the root ح ص ر (ḥ-ṣ-r).

Noun

حِصَار • (ḥiṣār) m

  1. verbal noun of حَاصَرَ (ḥāṣara) (form III)
  2. blockade
  3. siege

Declension
Declension of noun حِصَار (ḥiṣār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حِصَار
ḥiṣār		 الْحِصَار
al-ḥiṣār		 حِصَار
ḥiṣār
Nominative حِصَارٌ
ḥiṣārun		 الْحِصَارُ
al-ḥiṣāru		 حِصَارُ
ḥiṣāru
Accusative حِصَارًا
ḥiṣāran		 الْحِصَارَ
al-ḥiṣāra		 حِصَارَ
ḥiṣāra
Genitive حِصَارٍ
ḥiṣārin		 الْحِصَارِ
al-ḥiṣāri		 حِصَارِ
ḥiṣāri

Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: հիսար (hisar), խսար (xsar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حصار (hisar)
    • Turkish: hisar
    • → Armenian: հիսար (hisar)
    • → Macedonian: хисар (hisar)
  • → Persian: حصار (hesâr)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār, “blockade, siege”), verbal noun of حَاصَرَ (ḥāṣara, “to beleaguer”).

Noun

حصار • (hisar)

  1. castle, fortress, stronghold, any fortified place built to withstand attack
    Synonyms: حصن (hısn), دز (diz), قسطل (kastel), قلعه (kale)
  2. rampart, bulwark, any defensive wall surrounding a castle, fort, or settlement

Derived terms
  • آفیون قره حصار (afyon kara hisar, “a province of Turkey”)
  • آقحصار (akhisar, “a district of Turkey”)
  • حصارجی (hisarcı, “peasant bound to repair a fortress”)
  • حصارلو (hisarlı, “surrounded with ramparts”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: hisar
  • → Armenian: հիսար (hisar)
  • → Macedonian: хисар (hisar)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār).

Noun

حصار • (hesâr) (plural حصار‌ها (hesâr-hâ))

  1. fence, barrier
  2. (archaic) fortification, fortress
  3. (archaic) safehouse
  4. (archaic, music) a variant of Persian traditional music

References
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