عصر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ص ر‎ (ʕ-ṣ-r). Compare Aramaic עצר‎ (“to squeeze, press”).

Verb

عَصَرَ • (ʕaṣara) I, non-past يَعْصِرُ‎ or يَعْصُرُ‎‎ (yaʕṣiru or yaʕṣuru)

  1. to press, to squeeze, to wring
    1. to extract juice from, to juice

Conjugation

Verb

عَصَّرَ • (ʕaṣṣara) II, non-past يُعَصِّرُ‎‎ (yuʕaṣṣiru)

  1. to modernize, revamp, to renovate, to fit to the age

Conjugation

Noun

(file)

عَصْر or عِصْر or عُصْر or عُصُر • (ʕaṣr or ʕiṣr or ʕuṣr or ʕuṣur) m (plural أَعْصَار‎ (ʔaʕṣār) or عُصُور‎ (ʕuṣūr) or أَعْصُر‎ (ʔaʕṣur) or عُصُر (ʕuṣur))

  1. period of time; season; age, century, era; reign
  2. afternoon

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: għasar
  • → Bengali: আসর (asôr)
  • → Azerbaijani: əsr
  • → English: asr
  • → Lishana Deni: עאצרתא‎ (ʿāṣərta)
  • → Persian: عصر‎ ('asr)
  • → Swahili: alasiri
  • → Tatar: гасыр (ğasır)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: عصر‎ (asr)
  • → Turkmen: asyr

Noun

عَصْر • (ʕaṣr) m

  1. verbal noun of عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara) (form I)

Declension

Noun

عُصُر • (ʕuṣur) pl

  1. plural of عُصُر (ʕuṣur)
  2. plural of عَصْر (ʕaṣr)
  3. plural of عِصْر (ʕiṣr)
  4. plural of عُصْر (ʕuṣr)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَصْر‎ (ʕaṣr).

Noun

عصر • (asr)

  1. century

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَصْر‎ (ʕaṣr).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ʔasɾ/

    Noun

    عصر • ('asr) (plural عصرها‎ ('asr-hâ))

    1. afternoon
    2. evening
    3. period (of time)

    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    ع ص ر‎

    Etymology 1

    From Arabic عَصَرَ‎ (ʕaṣara).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʕa.sˤar/, [ˈʕa.sˤɑrˤ]
    • (file)

    Verb

    عصر • (ʕaṣar) (form I, present بعصر‎ (boʕṣor))

    1. to squeeze, to press (olives), to wring (laundry)
      Synonym: عصّ‎ (ʕaṣṣ)
    Conjugation
        Conjugation of عصر (ʕaṣar)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m عصرت (ʕaṣart) عصرت (ʕaṣart) عصر (ʕaṣar) عصرنا (ʕaṣarna) عصرتو (ʕaṣartu) عصرو (ʕaṣaru)
    f عصرتي (ʕaṣarti) عصرت (ʕaṣrat)
    present m بعصر (baʕṣor) بتعصر (btoʕṣor) بعصر (boʕṣor) منعصر (mnoʕṣor) بتعصرو (btoʕṣoru) بعصرو (boʕṣoru)
    f بتعصري (btoʕṣori) بتعصر (btoʕṣor)
    subjunctive m أعصر (ʔaʕṣor) تعصر (toʕṣor) يعصر (yoʕṣor) نعصر (noʕṣor) تعصرو (toʕṣoru) يعصرو (yoʕṣoru)
    f تعصري (toʕṣori) تعصر (toʕṣor)
    imperative m اعصر (oʕṣor) اعصرو (oʕṣoru)
    f اعصري (oʕṣori)

    Etymology 2

    From Arabic عَصْر‎ (ʕaṣr).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʕasˤr/, [ˈʕɑ.sˤ(ɪ)rˤ]
    • (file)

    Noun

    عصر • (ʕaṣr) m

    1. late afternoon
    See also
    • (times of day) أوقات اليوم‎ (ʔawʔāt il-yōm); نهار‎ (nhār, “daytime”), فجر‎ (fajr, “dawn”), صبحية‎ (ṣabaḥiyye, “early morning”), صبح‎ (ṣubḥ, “morning”), ضهر‎ (ḍuhr, “noon”), عصر (ʕaṣr, “late afternoon”), مغرب‎ (maḡreb, “sunset”), مسا‎ (masa, “evening”), ليل‎ (lēl, “nighttime”) (Category: ajp:Times of day)
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