زور

See also: ژور, ژوژ, روژ, رور, زوز, and روز

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز و ر (z-w-r).

Verb

زَوِرَ (zawira) I, non-past يَزْوَرُ‎ (yazwaru)

  1. to incline
Conjugation

Verb

زَوَّرَ (zawwara) II, non-past يُزَوِّرُ‎ (yuzawwiru)

  1. to acknowledge as a visitor, to treat as a visitor

Noun

زَوْر (zawr) m (plural أَزْوَار (ʾazwār))

  1. verbal noun of زَارَ (zāra) (form I)
  2. thorax, chest
Declension

Noun

زَوَر (zawar) m

  1. verbal noun of زَوِرَ (zawira) (form I)
  2. inclination
  3. crookedness, wryness, distortion
  4. distorted chest, asymmetrical thorax
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫 (zwl /zūr/), and denominal verb.

Noun

زُور (zūr) m

  1. lie, untruth, false testimony, perjury
Declension

Verb

زَوَّرَ (zawwara) II, non-past يُزَوِّرُ‎ (yuzawwiru)

  1. to call a lie, to impinge
  2. to forge, to counterfeit

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭫 (zwl /zōr/).

Noun

زُور (zūr) m

  1. strength, force
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), زور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 265
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), زور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1268–1269
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), زور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 535

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زور (zor).

Adjective

زور (zor)

  1. hard, difficult, exhausting

Noun

زور (zor)

  1. force, strength, power, energy, might
  2. violence, force
  3. compulsion, constraint
  4. difficulty
  5. necessity

Derived terms

  • زوراكی (zoraki)
  • زورلق‎ (zorluk)

Descendants


Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zwhl /zōhr/), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéw-tlo-, from *ǵʰew- (to pour). Compare English god, God. See also Persian ژون (žun, idol).

Pronunciation

Noun

زور (zowr)

  1. libation

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zwl /zōr/). Compare Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian زور
Iranian Persian زور
Tajiki Persian зӯр (zür)

زور (zur)

  1. force, strength, power, might
  2. violence, force
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zʿwr /zūr/). Compare also Old Armenian զուր (zur), from Parthian.

Noun

زور (zur)

  1. (obsolete) lie, falsehood

Descendants

  • Arabic: زُور (zūr) (from Middle Persian)

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian زور (zor).

Adverb

زور (zor)

  1. powerfully
  2. forcibly
  3. violently

Noun

زور (zor) m (Hindi spelling ज़ोर)

  1. force, strength
  2. power, might
  3. exertion, stress
  4. violence
  5. capacity, ability
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