# سار
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

سَارَ • (sāra) I (non-past يَسِيرُ (yasīru), verbal noun سَيْر (sayr) or سَيْرُورَة (sayrūra) or تَسْيَار (tasyār) or مَسِير (masīr) or مَسِيرَة (masīra))
* to step along, to pace, to go, to depart, to travel, to walk
    مَنْ يَسِيرُ مَعَ ٱلْحُكَمَاءِ يَصِير حَكِيمًا.man yasīru maʕa l-ḥukamāʔi yaṣīr ḥakīman.He who walks with the wise will be wise.
* to conduct oneself
* to cause to depart, cause to travel
* to function, work (properly), run, be in operation

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* سَارَرَ (sārara)

#### Verb

سَارَّ • (sārra) III (non-past يُسَارُّ (yusārru), verbal noun مُسَارَّة (musārra) or سِرَار (sirār))
* to confide a secret to, to whisper in someone’s ear

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

Derived from the active participle of the verb سَرَّ (sarra, “to gladden”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saːrr/

#### Adjective

سَارّ • (sārr) (feminine سَارَّة (sārra), masculine plural سَارُّونَ (sārrūna), feminine plural سَارَّات (sārrāt))
* pleasant, delightful
* gratifying

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Derived from the active participle of the verb سَرَى (sarā, “to circulate, to spread”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saː.rin/

#### Adjective

سَارٍ • (sārin) (construct state سَارِي (sārī), feminine سَارِيَة (sāriya), masculine plural سَارُونَ (sārūna), feminine plural سَارِيَات (sāriyāt))
* (law) valid
    سَارِي المَفْعُول ― sārī al-mafʕūl ― valid
* (medicine) contagious, infectious, transmissible
    الأمْرَاضُ السَارِيَة ― infectious diseases

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: sari
* → Ottoman Turkish: ساری (sârî)

### References

* Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “سار”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN
* Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “سار”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
* Борисов, В. М. (1993) “سار”, in Русско-арабский словарь (Russko-arabskij slovarʹ), Москва: Сам Интернешнл, →ISBN
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Wehr, Hans (1960) “سار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

## Kohistani Shina
### Noun

سار (sār)
* key
* lock

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سار (sâr, “starling”).

### Noun

سار • (sar)
* starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    Synonyms: چكركه قوشی (çekirge kuşu), زرزور (zurzur), صیغیرجق (sığırcık)

### Further reading

* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sturnus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1608
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “سار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 2511–2512
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1026

## Persian
### Noun

سار • (sâr)
* starling