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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