different between zara vs nora

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a.?a/

Verb

zara

1. Second-person singular (zu) present indicative form of izan; you are

Hausa

Etymology 1

Noun

zàr? f (possessed form zàrar?)

1. vacillation (moving from side to side)

Etymology 2

Noun

z??r?? f (possessed form z??r?ar?)

1. red-bellied tree starling

Etymology 3

Verb

zàr? (grade 2)

1. to snatch, to grab

Italian

Alternative forms

• azara, azzara, zaro (rare)

Etymology

From Arabic ?????????? (az-zahr, “the dice”). The "loss" meaning derives from the habit of game players to yell out the game's name whenever a losing number came out. Doublet of azzardo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?za.ra/
• Hyphenation: zà?ra

Noun

zara f (plural zare)

1. (historical, games) A medieval game of chance using dice
2. (archaic) A negative outcome, loss, defeat.

Related terms

• azzardo

References

• zara in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latvian

Noun

zara m

1. genitive singular form of zars

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian giara.

Noun

zara

1. jar

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) , “zara”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 806c

Volapük

Noun

zara

1. genitive singular of zar

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.?a/

Pronoun

nora

1. allative indefinite inanimate of nor; to where, whither, whereto

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nora, from Latin nurus (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *nora). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?n?.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?n?.?a/

Noun

nora f (plural nores)

1. daughter-in-law

Synonyms

• jove

See also

• gendre

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nora]

Noun

nora f

1. burrow

Declension

Derived terms

• norník

Further reading

• nora in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• nora in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, already attested in local Medieval Latin documents since the 9th century; from a Vulgar Latin *n?ra, from Latin nurus, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??a?/

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• xenro

References

• “nora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “nora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?.ra/

Noun

nora f (diminutive norka)

1. den
2. burrow
3. (colloquial, derogatory) hovel, hole (undesirable place to live or visit)

Declension

Related terms

• nornica, nornik, norowiec, ponor

Further reading

• nora in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• nora in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?n?.??/
• Hyphenation: no?ra

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Latin nurus (“daughter-in-law”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *nora), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Galician nora, Spanish nuera, Catalan nora, Occitan nòra, Italian nuora and Romanian nor?.

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• genro

Etymology 2

Noun

nora f (plural noras)

1. noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)

Sicilian

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *nora, from Latin nurus, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??a/
• Hyphenation: no?ra

Noun

nora f (plural nori)

1. daughter-in-law

See also

• jenniru