zar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zar"

English

Alternative forms

• zaar

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

• Raz

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

Declension of zar

nominative	zar
genitive	zarnıñ
dative	zarğa
accusative	zarnı
locative	zarda
ablative	zardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Alternative forms

• tsar
• czar (common, but not official)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːr/, [sɑːˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

Noun

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

1. tsar, czar

Inflection

Declension of zar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zar	zaren	zarer	zarerne
genitive	zars	zarens	zarers	zarernes

Related terms

• zarina c

Further reading

• zar on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: zàr

Noun

zar m (invariable)

1. tsar, czar

Derived terms

• zarina
• zarismo
• zarista

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic زَار (zār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: zàr

Noun

zar m (invariable)

1. zar

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

Declension of zar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) zar	zarul	(niște) zaruri	zarurile
genitive/dative	(unui) zar	zarului	(unor) zaruri	zarurilor
vocative	zarule		zarurilor

Further reading

• zar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

Declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zarovi
genitive	zara	zarova
dative	zaru	zarovima
accusative	zar	zarove
vocative	zare	zarovi
locative	zaru	zarovima
instrumental	zarom	zarovima

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

Declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zarovi
genitive	zara	zarova
dative	zaru	zarovima
accusative	zar	zarove
vocative	zare	zarovi
locative	zaru	zarovima
instrumental	zarom	zarovima

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, Philippines) /ˈsaɾ/ [ˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zar

Noun

zar m (plural zares, feminine zarina, feminine plural zarinas)

1. tsar, czar

Further reading

• “zar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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

Declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zarlar
accusative	zary	zarlary
genitive	zaryň	zarlaryň
dative	zara	zarlara
locative	zarda	zarlarda
ablative	zardan	zarlardan

Further reading

• “zar” in Enedilim.com

Volapük

Noun

zar (nominative plural zars)

1. tsar

Declension

declension of zar

	singular	plural
nominative	zar	zars
genitive	zara	zaras
dative	zare	zares
accusative	zari	zaris
vocative 1	o zar!	o zars!
predicative 2	zaru	zarus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Yola

Etymology 1

Verb

zar

1. Alternative form of zarth (“served”)

Etymology 2

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