ضرر

See also: صرر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ض ر ر (ḍ-r-r)

Compare ضَرَّ (ḍarra, to damage).

Noun

ضَرَر • (ḍarar) m (plural أَضْرَار (ʔaḍrār))

  1. damage, injury, hurt, harm, mischief
    لَا ضَرَرlā ḍararnever mind, it does not matter
    لَا ضَرَرَ وَلَا ضِرَار
    lā ḍarara walā ḍirār
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. an evil state or condition
  3. defect, deficiency, detriment, loss
  4. narrowness, straitness
  5. brink or edge of a cave

Declension

Descendants

Adjective

ضَرَر • (ḍarar)

  1. narrow

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar, damage, harm).

Noun

ضرر • (zarar) (definitive accusative ضرری (zararı))

  1. damage, injury, detriment, harm, the condition or measure of something not being intact
    Synonyms: زیان (ziyan), گزند (gezend), مضرت (mazarrat)
  2. loss, the result of no longer possessing an object, function, or characteristic
    Synonyms: خسارت (hasaret), زیان (ziyan), غائب (gayıb)

Derived terms

  • ضرر دیده (zarar dide, who suffered damage)
  • ضرر چكمك (zarar çekmek, to suffer harm or loss)
  • ضررسز (zararsız, harmless, innocent)
  • ضررلاشمق (zararlaşmak, to go shares in a loss)
  • ضررلو (zararlı, harmful, injurious)
  • ضرری طوقونمق (zararı dokunmak, to cause harm)
  • ضرری یوق (zararı yok, it doesn't matter)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zä.ɾǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zä.ɾǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zä.ɾǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? zarar
Dari reading? zarar
Iranian reading? zarar
Tajik reading? zarar

Noun

ضرر • (zarar)

  1. detriment, loss, disadvantage, deficiency
    Synonym: زیان (ziyân)
    Antonyms: سود (sud), فایده (fâyede)
  2. hurt, harm, injury
    Synonym: آسیب (âsib)

Descendants

  • Gujarati: જરર (jarar), ઝરર (jharar)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ضرر (zarar), from Arabic ضَرَر (ḍarar).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضَرَر • (zarar) m (Hindi spelling ज़रर)

  1. detriment, loss, disadvantage, deficiency
  2. hurt, damage,
    Synonyms: چوٹ (coṭ), جُرْح (jurh), آگھات (āghāt)
  3. distress, anguish
  4. harm, injury

References

  • ضرر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ضرر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Arabic ضرر (ḍarar).

Noun

ضرر (zarar)

  1. loss, damage
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