zar
English
Alternative forms
Noun
zar (uncountable)
- A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit.
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “, cube, die”).
Crimean Tatar
Declension
nominative | zar |
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genitive | zarnıñ |
dative | zarğa |
accusative | zarnı |
locative | zarda |
ablative | zardan |
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), via Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsarjь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sar/, [t̪͡s̪är̺]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡zar/, [d̪͡z̪är̺]
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *zaže, from *za + *že.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zâr/
Particle
zȁr (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)
- (auxiliary interrogative particle) used in tag questions, to ask for an affirmation to a polar question; don't, doesn't, isn't, aren’t, right
- Zar ne zna to? ― Doesn’t he/she know that?
- Hladno je, zar ne? ― It’s cold, isn’t it?
- To i nije tako loša ideja, zar ne? ― That isn’t such a bad idea, right?
See also
- li (interrogative particle)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic إِزَار (ʾizār).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zâːr/
Declension
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zâr/
Spanish
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “, cube, die”).
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic إِزَار (ʾizār).