Arabic

Verb

زُرْ • ‎(zur) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of زَارَ ‎(zāra)

Hijazi Arabic

أَزْرار

Etymology

From Arabic زِر ‎(zir)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zirr/

Noun

زِر • ‎(zirr) m (plural أَزْرار ‎(ʼazrār))

1. button

Baluchi

Noun

زر • ‎(zar)

1. gold
2. money

See also

• طلا ‎(talá, tilá)
• پیسہ ‎(paysa)

Pashto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Indo-Iranian cognates include Baluchi ہزار ‎(hazár), Persian هزار ‎(hezâr), Kurdish ههزار ‎(hazār) and Sanskrit सहस्र ‎(sa-hásra). Akin to Old Armenian հազար ‎(hazar), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zər/

Numeral

زر • ‎(zër)

1. thousand

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian [script needed] ‎(daraniya-), Sanskrit हिरण्य ‎(hiraṇya, “gold”)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- ‎(“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато ‎(zlato, “gold”), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zər/

Noun

زر • ‎(zar) m

1. metal

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ZHBA ‎(*zarr, “gold”), from Parthian zrn ‎(*zarn, “gold”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish zêrr), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian [script needed] ‎(daraniya-), Sanskrit हिरण्य ‎(hiraṇya)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃- ‎(“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато ‎(zlato), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Noun

زر • ‎(zar)

1. gold

Synonyms

• طلا ‎(talâ)

Derived terms

• زرین ‎(zarrin)
• زرگر ‎(zargar)
• زرگری ‎(zargari)

Etymology 2

Noun

زر • ‎(zor)

1. (dialectal) rotation
2. (dialectal) revolution
3. (dialectal) circulation
4. (dialectal) spin
5. (dialectal) travel

Related terms

• زر خوردن ‎(zor xordan)
• زر دادن ‎(zor dâdan)