different between zori vs zoril

English

Alternative forms

• z?ri

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (z?ri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z???i/
• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?zo??i/

Noun

zori (plural zori or zoris)

1. A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
   • 1983 July, Tony Annesi, Dogu: Tools For the Way, Black Belt, page 70,

     Zori should be left at the edge of the training area so they can easily be stepped into. In Western dojo, this is sometimes impractical, but zori should at least be put on as soon as possible after leaving the training area.

   • 1984, Morgan Yamanaka, Morgan Yamanaka: Tule Lake, John Tateishi (editor), And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps, page 117,

     […] and they had a machine gun aimed at us, and we stood in the snow for three, four, five hours in our underwear and zoris.

   • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, 1998, Vintage, p. 25:

     She took a while getting her crooked feet into her zori, but finally turned toward Mr. Tanaka and gave him a look he seemed to understand at once, because he left the room, closing the door behind him.

   • 2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 14,

     Traditionally, zori are worn to and from the place of practice. Zori are similar to flip-flops and used to be made from straw.

2. (regional, especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour; a flip-flop.
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     He ran back and I watched him go, legs pumping, soles of his zori showing.

Synonyms

• (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop

See also

• geta (clogs)

Anagrams

• Rizo

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /s?o.?i/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *zori (“bird, luck”).

Noun

zori inan

1. luck, chance, fate, fortune

   Synonym: adur

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

zori (comparative zoriago, superlative zorien, excessive zoriegi)

1. mature, ripe

Declension

Further reading

• “zori” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “zori” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zorja. See also zare. Compare Bulgarian ???? (zora), Serbo-Croatian zora, Aromanian ndzari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zor?/

Noun

zori m pl (plural only)

1. daybreak, dawn

See also

• auror? f
• r?s?rit n
• alba f

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zori (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dative/locative singular of zora

Slovene

Noun

zori

1. inflection of zora:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Verb

zori

1. third-person singular present of zoreti

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

zori

1. (western dialect) cicada

References

• Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' in Macquarie Aboriginal Words, p. 388.

English

Noun

zoril (plural zorils)

1. Alternative spelling of zorille