# zar
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Rincón Zapotec terms

## English
### Alternative forms

* zaar

### Etymology

From Arabic زَار (zār).

### Noun

zar (uncountable)
* 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 زار (zar, “die”), from Arabic زَهْر (zahr, “cube, die”).

### Noun

zar
* die

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

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

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* tsar
* czar (common, but not official)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saːr/, [sɑːˀ]
* Rhymes: -aːˀr

### Noun

zar c (singular definite zaren, plural indefinite zarer)
* tsar, czar

#### Related terms

* zarina c

#### Further reading

* zar on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## French
### Noun

zar m (plural zars)
* a form of exorcism practised in Egypt

## Italian
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^*$/ˈd͡zar/, (traditional) $^*$/ˈt͡sar/
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: zàr

#### Noun

zar m (invariable)
* tsar, czar

##### Derived terms

* zarina
* zarismo
* zarista

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic زَار (zār).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: $^*$/ˈd͡zar/
* Rhymes: -ar
* Hyphenation: zàr

#### Noun

zar m (invariable)
* zar

### References

* ↑ zar in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

zar m
* word
* language
* child
* heart

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

zar n (plural zaruri)
* die

#### Declension
### Further reading

* zar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zâr/

#### Particle

zȁr (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)
* (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?

##### See also

* li (interrogative particle)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zâːr/

#### Noun

zȃr m (Cyrillic spelling за̑р)
* curtain
* yashmak
* veil

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zâr/

#### Noun

zȁr m (Cyrillic spelling за̏р)
* die

##### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ); see it for more. Doublet of César (“Caesar”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθaɾ/ [ˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsaɾ/ [ˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: zar

### Noun

zar m (plural zares, feminine zarina, feminine plural zarinas)
* tsar, czar

### Further reading

* “zar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زار (zar, “wrap, membrane”), from Proto-Turkic *sar. See Proto-Turkic *saru- for more.

#### Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)
* membrane
* diaphragm
* film
* skin

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

zar (definite accusative zarı, plural zarlar)
* die (dice)

##### Declension
## Turkmen
### Noun

zar (definite accusative zary, plural zarlar)
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#### Declension
### Further reading

* “zar” in Enedilim.com

## Volapük
### Noun

zar (nominative plural zars)
* tsar

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Yola
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

zar
* Alternative form of zarth (“served”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

zar
* 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,

### References

* 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