زور

See also: ژور‎, ژوژ‎, روژ‎, رور‎, زوز‎, and روز‎

Arabic

Root
ز و ر‎ (z-w-r)

Etymology 1

From the root ز و ر‎ (z-w-r).

Verb

زَوِرَ • (zawira) I, non-past يَزْوَرُ‎‎ (yazwaru)

  1. to incline
Conjugation

Verb

زَوَّرَ • (zawwara) II, non-past يُزَوِّرُ‎‎ (yuzawwiru)

  1. to acknowledge as a visitor, to treat as a visitor

Noun

زَوْر • (zawr) m (plural أَزْوَار‎ (ʔazwār))

  1. verbal noun of زَارَ‎ (zāra) (form I)
  2. thorax, chest
Declension

Noun

زَوَر • (zawar) m

  1. verbal noun of زَوِرَ (zawira) (form I)
  2. inclination
  3. crookedness, wryness, distortion
  4. distorted chest, asymmetrical thorax
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫‎ (zwl /zūr/), and denominal verb.

Noun

زُور • (zūr) m

  1. lie, untruth
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 58:2:
      ‏الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنكُم مِن نِّسَائِهِم مَا هُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ ۖ إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنكَرًا مِّنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًا ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ‎
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  2. false testimony, perjury
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:72:
      ‏وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَامًا‎
      wallaḏīna lā yašhadūna z-zūra waʔiḏā marrū bi-l-laḡwi marrū kirāman
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    ‏شَهَادَةُ زُور‎ ― šahādatu zūr ― false testimony
Declension

Verb

زَوَّرَ • (zawwara) II, non-past يُزَوِّرُ‎‎ (yuzawwiru)

  1. to call a lie, to impinge
  2. to forge, to counterfeit
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫‎ (zwl /zōr/).

Noun

زُور • (zūr) m

  1. strength, force
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), “زور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 265
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “زور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1268–1269
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 535

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زور‎ (zor).

Adjective

زور • (zor)

  1. hard, difficult, exhausting

Noun

زور • (zor)

  1. force, strength, power, energy, might
  2. violence, force
  3. compulsion, constraint
  4. difficulty
  5. necessity

Derived terms

  • زوراكی‎ (zoraki)
  • زورلق‎ (zorluk)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zor
  • → Bulgarian: зор (zor)
  • → Greek: ζόρι (zóri)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: zȏr, зо̑р
  • → Romanian: zor

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /zōr/). Compare Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zɵɾ/

Noun

Dari زور
Iranian Persian
Tajik зӯр (zür)

زور • (zur)

  1. force, strength, power, might
  2. violence, force
Derived terms

(verbs)

  • زور آوردن‎ (zur âvardan)
  • زور دادن‎ (zur dâdan)
  • زور زدن‎ (zur zadan)
  • زور گفتن‎ (zur goftan)

(leading)

  • زورآزما‎ (zur-âzmâ)
  • زورآور‎ (zur-âvar)
  • زورخانه‎ (zurxâne)
  • زورمند‎ (zurmand)
  • زورورزی‎ (zur-varzi)
  • زورکی‎ (zuraki)
  • زورگو‎ (zur-gu)

(trailing)

  • به زور‎ (be zur)
  • بی زور‎ (bi zur)
  • پرزور‎ (por-zur)
  • پیل زور‎ (pil zur)
  • کمزور‎ (kam-zur)
  • گاو زور‎ (gâv zur)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zwhl /zōhr/), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tlo-, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Compare English god, God. See also Persian ژون‎ (žun, “idol”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zavɾ/

Noun

زور • (zowr)

  1. libation

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zʿwr /zūr/). Compare also Old Armenian զուր (zur), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

Noun

زور • (zur)

  1. (obsolete) lie, falsehood

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian زور‎ (zor, “strength, force; power, might”).

Adverb

زور • (zor) (Hindi spelling ज़ोर)

  1. powerfully
  2. forcibly
  3. violently

Noun

زور • (zor) m (Hindi spelling ज़ोर)

  1. force, strength
  2. power, might
  3. exertion, stress
  4. violence
  5. capacity, ability

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian زور‎ (zūr, “falsehood; lie, deceit”).

Noun

زور • (zūr) m (Hindi spelling ज़ूर)

  1. falsehood, untruth
  2. lie, deceit
  3. a false deity; an idol

References

  • “زور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “زور”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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