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Zar

Zar

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

German

Noun

Zar m (genitive Zaren, plural Zaren, feminine Zarin)

  1. tsar, czar

Usage notes

Zar is a weak noun in the standard language, but is part of a group of nouns which have a stark tendency to be strong colloquially, so one will often hear dem Zar instead of dem Zaren.

Declension

zar

zar

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

English

Alternative forms

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.

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowing 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 966-7980-89-8

Danish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːr/, [sɑːˀ]

Noun

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

  1. tsar, czar

Inflection

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Related terms


Kurdish

Noun

zar ?

  1. word
  2. language

Lojban

Rafsi

zar

  1. rafsi of zanru.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing 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. really
    Zar ne znaš za to? ― Don't you know that?
    Zar ne? ― Right?
    Zar to nije divno? ― Isn't that beautiful?

Etymology 2

Borrowing 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

Borrowing 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

From Russian царь (carʹ); see it for more.

Noun

zar m (plural zares)

  1. tsar, czar

Related terms


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