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English

Etymology

From Afrikaans zak (“bag”). Doublet of sac and sack.

Pronunciation

Noun

zak (countable and uncountable, plural zaks)

1. (South Africa, slang) Money.
2. Sixpence or a small amount of money.

Anagrams

• Kaz.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?k/
• Hyphenation: zak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch.

   Synonym: tas

2. A pocket.

   Ik heb niets op zak.

   My pockets are empty. (= I haven't got a penny on me.)

3. (slang) A scrotum

   Synonym: balzak

4. (slang, offensive, vulgar) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
5. (obsolete, slang, vulgar) A whore, cunt.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sak
• ? Indonesian: sak
• ? Indonesian: saku

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sack.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress.

Etymology 3

From zakken.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. (dialectal) The action of descending; a descent.
2. (Southern, dialectal) A physical depression; flattened area.

Derived terms

• zakland n
• zakveen n

Synonyms

• japon
• jurk

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zak

1. first-person singular present indicative of zakken
2. imperative of zakken

English

Alternative forms

• zaar

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (z?r).

Noun

zar (uncountable)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Raz

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (zar, “die”), from Arabic ?????? (zahr, “cube, die”).

Noun

zar ?

1. die

Crimean Tatar

Noun

zar

1. membrane

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Alternative forms

• tsar
• czar (common, but not official)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?r/, [s???]
• Rhymes: -a??r

Noun

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

1. tsar, czar

Inflection

Related terms

• zarina c

Further reading

• zar on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Noun

zar m (plural zars)

1. A form of exorcism practised in Egypt

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ???? (car?), via Old Church Slavonic ?????? (c?sar?), from Proto-Slavic *c?sa??, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cesare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?sar/

Noun

zar m (invariable)

1. tsar, czar

Derived terms

• zarina
• zarismo
• zarista

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (z?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?zar/

Noun

zar m (invariable)

1. zar

Northern Kurdish

Noun

zar ?

1. word
2. language

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (zar, “die”), from Arabic ?????? (zahr, “cube, die”).

Noun

zar n (plural zaruri)

1. die

Declension

Further reading

• zar in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *zaže, from *za + *že.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâr/

Particle

z?r (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (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

See also

• li (interrogative particle)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic ??????? (?iz?r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâ?r/

Noun

z?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. curtain
2. yashmak
3. veil

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (zar, “die”), from Arabic ?????? (zahr, “cube, die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâr/

Noun

z?r m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. die

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ???? (car?); see it for more. Doublet of César (“Caesar”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??a?/, [??a?]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?sa?/, [?sa?]

Noun

zar m (plural zares)

1. tsar, czar

Related terms

• zarina f

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (zar, “die”), from Arabic ?????? (zahr, “, cube, die”) from Ancient Greek ??????? (téssera, “four”) from Ancient Greek ??????? (téssara, “four”)

Noun

zar (definite accusative zar?, plural zarlar)

1. die

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic ??????? (?iz?r).

Noun

zar (definite accusative zar?, plural zarlar)

1. membrane
2. diaphragm
3. film
4. skin

Turkmen

Noun

zar (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

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Volapük

Noun

zar (nominative plural zars)

1. tsar

Declension