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 *ǵʰuto- ‎(“invoked, poured”). 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

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [zuːɾ]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [zoːɾ]

Noun

زور • ‎(zur)

1. force
2. strength
3. power
4. might
5. violence

Derived terms

• زورمند ‎(zurmand)
• زورخانه ‎(zurxâne)

Descendants

• Armenian: զոռ ‎(zoṙ)
• Bashkir: ҙур ‎(ður, “big, large”)
• Greek: ζόρι ‎(zóri)
• Hindi: ज़ोर ‎(zor)
• Romanian: zor
• Ottoman Turkish: زور ‎(zor)
  • Turkish: zor
  • → Bulgarian: зор ‎(zor)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: zȏr, зо̑р
• Urdu: زور ‎(zor)
• Udi: зор ‎(zor)

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