ظفر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r), inherited from Proto-Semitic *θ̣upr-, *θ̣ipr-.

Alternative forms

  • أُظْفُور (ʾuẓfūr)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðˤufr/
    • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ðˤu.fur/
  • IPA(key): /ðˤifr/

Noun

ظُفْر or ظُفُر or ظِفْر (ẓufr or ẓufur or ẓifr) m (plural أَظْفَار (ʾaẓfār) or أَظْفُر (ʾaẓfur) or أَظَافِير (ʾaẓāfīr))

  1. fingernail
  2. claw
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ðˤa.fi.ra/
Verb

ظَفِرَ • (ẓafira) I, non-past يَظْفَرُ‎ (yaẓfaru)

[+ بِ (object)] and [+ عَلَى (object)]
  1. to triumph over, to win, to superate
  2. to win, to gain, to receive
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ðˤaf.fa.ra/
Verb

ظَفَّرَ (ẓaffara) II, non-past يُظَفِّرُ‎ (yuẓaffiru)

  1. to grant victory
Conjugation

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /ðˤa.far/
Noun

ظَفَر (ẓafar) m

  1. verbal noun of ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) (form I)
  2. obtainment, success, victory
  3. level ground
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), ظفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 87–88
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), ظفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1912
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), ظفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 656
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), ظفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 800

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic зәфәр
Roman zəfər
Perso-Arabic ظفر

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zæfæɾ]

Noun

ظفر (zəfər) (definite accusative ظفری, plural ظفرلر)

  1. victory, triumph

Declension


Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤifir/, [dˤe̞fe̞r]
    • IPA(key): /ðˤifir/ (alternative or rural pronunciation)

Noun

طِفِر • (ḍifir) m

(plural أظافر ‎(ʾaḍāfir) or أظافير ‎(ʾaḍāfīr))
  1. nail
  2. fingernail

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Noun

ظفر (zafer)

  1. victory, triumph

Descendants


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zæˈfæɾ]

Noun

ظفر (zafar)

  1. victory, triumph

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Noun

ظفر (zafar) m (Hindi spelling ज़फ़र)

  1. victory, triumph
  2. profit, gain
  3. success
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