ظفر

Arabic

Root
ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *θ̣upr-, *θ̣ipr- (nail, claw). Cognate with Akkadian 𒌢 (ṣuprum) and Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרֶן (ṣippórɛn).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤufr/
    • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ðˤu.fur/

Noun

ظُفْر or ظُفُر (ẓufr or ẓufur) m (plural أَظْفَار (ʔaẓfār) or أَظَافِر (ʔaẓāfir) or أَظْفُر (ʔaẓfur) or أَظَافِير (ʔaẓāfīr))

  1. fingernail
  2. claw
    Coordinate term: حَافِر (ḥāfir, hoof)
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ðˤa.fi.ra/

Verb

ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) I, non-past يَظْفَرُ‎ (yaẓfaru) [+ بِ (object)] and [+ عَلَى (object)]

  1. to triumph over, to win, to superate
  2. to win, to gain, to receive
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ðˤaf.fa.ra/

Verb

ظَفَّرَ (ẓaffara) II, non-past يُظَفِّرُ‎ (yuẓaffiru)

  1. to make victorious; to grant victory; to aid
    Synonym: نَصَرَ (naṣara)
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ðˤa.far/

Noun

ظَفَر (ẓafar) m

  1. verbal noun of ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) (form I)
  2. obtainment, success, victory
  3. level ground
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: zəfər
  • Ottoman Turkish: ظفر (zafer)
  • Persian: ظفر (zafar)
  • Uzbek: zafar

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), ظفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 87–88
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), ظفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1912
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), ظفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 656
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), ظفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 800

Azerbaijani

Noun

ظفر (zəfər) (definite accusative ظفری, plural ظفرلر)

  1. Arabic spelling of zəfər (triumph)

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤifir/, [dˤe̞fe̞r]
    • IPA(key): /ðˤifir/ (alternative or rural pronunciation)

Noun

ظِفِر (ḍifir) m (plural أظافر (ʾaḍāfir) or أظافير (ʾaḍāfīr))

  1. nail
  2. fingernail

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Noun

ظفر (zafer)

  1. victory, triumph

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zafaɾ/

Noun

Dari ظفر
Iranian Persian
Tajik зафар (zafar)

ظفر (zafar)

  1. victory, triumph

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ظفر, from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Noun

ظَفَر (z̤afar) m (Hindi spelling ज़फ़र)

  1. victory, triumph
  2. profit, gain
  3. success
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