زر

See also: رز and رژ

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز ر ر (z-r-r)

Verb

زَرَّ (zarra) I, non-past يَزُرُّ‎ (yazurru)

  1. to encroach upon one's enemy
  2. to apprehend, to perceive
  3. to beam, to dazzle, to gleam, to glitter
  4. to button
  5. to collect intensely
  6. to constrict
  7. to blanch, to bleach, to dust off
Conjugation

Noun

زِرّ (zirr) m (plural أَزْرار (ʾazrār) or زُرُور (zurūr))

  1. button
  2. switch button in a power socket

Verb

زُرْ (zur) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of زَارَ (zāra)

References

زر” in Almaany


Baluchi

Noun

زر (zar)

  1. gold
  2. money

See also


Hijazi Arabic

أَزْرار

Etymology

From Arabic زِرّ (zirr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zirː/

Noun

زِر • (zirr) m

(plural أَزارير ‎(ʼazārīr) or أَزْرار ‎(ʼazrār))
  1. button

Pashto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Indo-Iranian cognates include Baluchi ہزار (hazár), Persian هزار (hezâr), Kurdish ههزار (hazār) and Sanskrit सहस्र (sa-hásra). Akin to Old Armenian հազար (hazar), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zər/

Numeral

زر (zër)

  1. thousand
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (daraniya-), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya, gold)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (yellow; gleam; to shine). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato, gold), Latvian zelts, English gold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zər/

Noun

زر (zar) m

  1. metal

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *zarr (gold), from Parthian *zarn (gold), probably ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (yellow; gleam; to shine). Indo-Iranian cognates include Kurdish zêrr, Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y), and Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Other cognates include Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, and English gold and yellow.

Noun

زر (zar)

Dari Persian زر
Iranian Persian زر
Tajiki Persian зар (zar)
  1. gold
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • زرین (zarrin)
  • زرگر (zargar)
  • زرگری (zargari)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-, *gʰer- (to encircle; to spin around)

Noun

زر (zor)

  1. (dialectal) rotation
  2. (dialectal) revolution
  3. (dialectal) circulation
  4. (dialectal) spin
  5. (dialectal) travel
  • زر خوردن (zor xordan)
  • زر دادن (zor dâdan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (to grow old, to mature)

Noun

زر (zar)

  1. old
    • c. 935 CE, Daqīqī :
      همی نوبهار آید و تیر ماه/ جهان گاه برنا شود گاه زر
  1. oldman


Derived terms
  • پیرزر (pīrezar)
  • زال زر (zāl e zar)
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