zar

Abbreviation of English Zapotec, Rincón or Spanish zapoteco rincón.

zar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Rincón Zapotec.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Rincón Zapotec terms

• zaar

From Arabic زَار (zār).

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.

• Raz

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

zar

1. die

zar (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. membrane

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• tsar
• czar (common, but not official)

• IPA^(key): /saːr/, [sɑːˀ]
• Rhymes: -aːˀr

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)

1. tsar, czar

• zarina c

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zar m (plural zars)

1. a form of exorcism practised in Egypt

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), via Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cesare.

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zar/, (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡sar/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: zàr

zar m (invariable)

1. tsar, czar

• zarina
• zarismo
• zarista

Borrowed from Arabic زَار (zār).

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: zàr

zar m (invariable)

1. zar

zar m

1. word
2. language
3. child
4. heart

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

zar n (plural zaruri)

1. die

• “zar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /zâr/

zȁr (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)

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

   Zar ne zna to? ― Doesn’t he/she know that?

   Hladno je, zar ne? ― It’s cold, isn’t it?

   To i nije tako loša ideja, zar ne? ― That isn’t such a bad idea, right?

• li (interrogative particle)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Arabic إِزَار (ʔizār).

• IPA^(key): /zâːr/

zȃr m inan (Cyrillic spelling за̑р)

1. (regional, Bosnia) curtain
2. (regional, Bosnia) yashmak
3. (regional, Bosnia) veil

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

• IPA^(key): /zâr/

zȁr m inan (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)

1. (Bosnia) die

• tsar (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ). Doublet of César (“Caesar”) and káiser (“Kaiser”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaɾ/ [ˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾ/ [ˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zar

zar m (plural zares, feminine zarina, feminine plural zarinas)

1. tsar, czar

• “zar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Proto-Turkic *sar. Initial z- is seemingly unexplainable as this word is inherited and not borrowed. See Proto-Turkic *saru- for more.

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

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

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”) from Ancient Greek τέσσερα (téssera, “four”) from Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρᾰ (téssără, “four”).

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)

1. die (dice)

zar (definite accusative zary, plural zarlar)

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• “zar” in Enedilim.com

zar (genitive zara, plural zars)

1. tsar

• “zar”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

zar

1. alternative form of zarve (“serve”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:

     Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,

     Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80 & 88