زهر

See also: زہر‎

Arabic

Etymology

See its root ز ه ر‎ (z-h-r).

Verb

زَهَرَ • (zahara) I, non-past يَزْهَرُ‎‎ (yazharu)

  1. to shine, to be radiant, to give light

Conjugation

Noun

زَهْر • (zahr) m (collective, singulative زَهْرَة‎ f (zahra), plural زُهُور‎ (zuhūr) or أَزْهُر‎ (ʔazhur) or أَزْهَار‎ (ʔazhār) or أَزَاهِير‎ (ʔazāhīr) or أَزَاهِر‎ (ʔazāhir))

  1. flowers, blooms, blossoms
    Synonyms: نَوْر‎ (nawr), وَرْد‎ (ward)
  2. die, dice
  3. cast iron

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: żahar
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زار‎ (zâr)
    • Turkish: zar
    • → Albanian: zar
    • → Bulgarian: зар (zar)
    • → Macedonian: зар (zar)
    • → Romanian: zar
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зар
      Latin script: zar
  • → Persian: زار‎ (zâr)
  • ⇒ Arabic: اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”)
    • → Byzantine Greek: αζάριον (azárion), ζάριν (zárin)
    • → Italian: zara
    • → Old French: hasart
    • → Portuguese: azar
    • → Spanish: azar

Derived terms

  • زَهْر الثَّالُوث‎ (zahr aṯ-ṯālūṯ)
  • زَهْر الرَّبِيع‎ (zahr ar-rabīʕ)
  • زَهْر الْعَسَل‎ (zahr al-ʕasal)
  • زَهْر اللُّؤْلُؤ‎ (zahr al-luʔluʔ)
  • مَاء الزَّهْر‎ (māʔ az-zahr)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَهْر‎ (zahr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zhar/
  • (file)

Noun

زهر • (zhar) m

  1. luck

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زهر‎ (zahr, “poison, venom”).

Noun

زهر • (zehr, zehir)

  1. poison, venom
    Synonyms: اغو‎ (ağu), اوت‎ (ot), سم‎ (sem)
  2. anything very disagreeable
  3. grief, anxiety, care
  4. anger, rage, chafe

Derived terms

  • زهرلك‎ (zehirlik, “quality or effect of poison”)
  • زهرلنمك‎ (zehirlenmek, “to be poisoned”)
  • زهزاب‎ (zehrab, “poisoned water”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zehir
  • → Armenian: զեհիր (zehir)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian zʾhl (zahr, “poison, venom”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zahɾ/

Noun

Dari زهر
Iranian Persian
Tajik заҳр (zahr)

زهر • (zahr) (plural زهرها‎ (zahr-hâ))

  1. poison, venom

Derived terms

  • جام زهر‎ (jâm-e zahr, literally “poisoned chalice”)
  • زهر مار‎ (zahr-e-mâr)
  • زهرآلود‎ (zahrâlud)
  • زهرآگین‎ (zahrâgin)
  • زهرشناس‎ (zahr-šenâs)
  • زهرشناسی‎ (zahr-šenâsi)
  • ضدزهر‎ (zedd-e-zahr)
  • پادزهر‎ (pâdzahr)

Descendants

  • → Middle Armenian: զահր (zahr)
    • Armenian: զահր (zahr)
  • → Azerbaijani: zəhər
  • → Bengali: জহর (zohor)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़हर (zahr)
    Urdu: زہر‎ (zahr)
  • → Gilaki: زهر‎ (zahr)
  • → Kazakh: зәр (zär)
  • → Kermanic:
    Abyanehi: [script needed] (zāhr)
  • → Lari: زهر‎ (zahr)
  • → Sarikoli: [script needed] (zār)
  • → Shughni: [script needed] (zār)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زهر‎ (zehr)
  • → Turkmen: zäher
  • → Uyghur: زەھەر‎ (zeher)
  • → Uzbek: zahar
  • → Yidgha: [script needed] (zahᵃr)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “zahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 97

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ز ه ر‎

Etymology

From Arabic زَهْر‎ (zahr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zahr/, [ˈza.h(ɪ)rˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

زهر • (zahr) m (collective, singulative زهرة‎ f (zahra), plural زهور‎ (zhūr))

  1. (uncountable) flowers
    Synonym: ورد‎ (ward)
  2. (uncountable) cauliflowers
    Synonym: قرنبيط‎ (ʾarnabīṭ)

Noun

زهر • (zahr) m (plural زهور‎ (zhūr))

  1. dice

Adjective

زهر • (zahr) (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of زهري‎ (zahri, “pink”)
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