زور

See also: ژور‎, ژوژ‎, روژ‎, رور‎, زوز‎, and روز‎

Arabic

Noun

زَوْر • (zawr) m

  1. verbal noun of زَارَ‎ (zāra) (form I)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زور‎ (zor).

Adjective

زور • (zor)

  1. hard
  2. difficult

Noun

زور • (zor)

  1. force
  2. strength
  3. power, energy
  4. might
  5. violence
  6. compulsion, constraint
  7. difficulty
  8. necessity

Derived terms

  • زوراکی‎ (zorâki)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian zwhl (zōhr), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tlo-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Compare English god, God. See also Persian ژون‎ (žun, “idol”).

Noun

زور • (zowr)

  1. libation

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian zwl (zōr). Compare Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian زور‎
Iranian Persian زور‎
Tajiki Persian зӯр (zür)

زور • (zur)

  1. force
  2. strength
  3. power
  4. might
  5. violence
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Akin to Old Armenian զուր (zur), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

زور • (zur)

  1. (obsolete) lie, falsehood

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian زور‎ (zor).

Adverb

زور • (zor)

  1. powerfully
  2. forcibly
  3. violently

Noun

زور • (zor) m (Hindi spelling ज़ोर)

  1. force
  2. strength
  3. power
  4. might
  5. exertion
  6. stress
  7. violence
  8. capacity
  9. ability
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