zar

See also: Zar, ZAR, zár, żar, žar, žár, and zář

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

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), via Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar), from Byzantine Greek Καῖσαρ (Kaîsar), ultimately from Latin Caesar.

Noun

zar m

  1. tsar, czar

Kurdish

Noun

zar ?

  1. word
  2. language

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

zar n (plural zaruri)

  1. die

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?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار‎ (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic إِزَار‎ (ʾizār).

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”).

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”)

Noun

zar m (plural zares)

  1. tsar, czar

Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

  1. die

Etymology 2

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

Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

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

Volapük

Noun

zar (plural zars)

  1. tsar

Declension

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