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

  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

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 (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 (dice)

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. Alternative form of zarth (served)

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
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