different between zar vs zoar

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

English

Etymology

From Zoar, one of five ancient cities in the Jordan valley; mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 19:22, 23, and 30 as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. From Hebrew ?????? (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Was present in Old English as Sægor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?z??.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?z??.??/

Noun

zoar (plural zoars)

1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.

Synonyms

• haven
• refuge
• sanctuary

Anagrams

• Razo, Roza

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Attested since circa 1800.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo?a?/, (western) /so?a?/

Verb

zoar (first-person singular present zoo, first-person singular preterite zoei, past participle zoado)

1. (of the wind) to howl; to hum

   Synonym: bruar

2. to buzz

Conjugation

References

• “zoar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “zoar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zoar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

zoar (first-person singular present indicative zoo, past participle zoado)

1. (colloquial, transitive with de or with no preposition) to mock (to make an object of laughter or ridicule)

   Synonyms: tirar sarro, caçoar, escarnecer, zombar

2. (intransitive, colloquial) to kid; to joke (to say or do something without being serious)

   Synonym: brincar

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to fool around (to engage in frivolous behaviour)
4. (slang) to mess up; to disorganize

Conjugation

Related terms

• zoeira