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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