# زر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

زَرَّ • (zarra) I (non-past يَزُرُّ (yazurru), verbal noun زَرّ (zarr))
* to encroach upon one's enemy
* to apprehend, to perceive
* to beam, to dazzle, to gleam, to glitter
* to button
* to collect intensely
* to constrict
* to blanch, to bleach, to dust off

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

زِرّ • (zirr) m (plural أَزْرار (ʔazrār) or زُرُور (zurūr))
* button
* switch button in a power socket

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

زُرْ • (zur) (form I) /zur/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of زَارَ (zāra)

### References

“زر” in Almaany

## Baluchi
### Noun

زر • (zar)
* gold
* money

### See also

* طلا (talá, tilá)
* پیسہ (paysa)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic زِرّ (zirr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zirr/, [zɪr]

### Noun

زِرّ • (zirr) m (plural أَزارير (ʔazārīr) or أَزْرار (ʔazrār))
* button

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian زر (zar, “gold”), from Middle Persian *zarr (“gold”).

#### Noun

زر • (zer)
* gold, a yellow chemical element of great value and one of the noble metals
    Synonyms: آلتون (altun, altın), ذهب (zeheb)
* coin, a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc
    Synonyms: آقچه (akçe), سكه (sikke)
* money, a generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value
    Synonym: پاره (pare, para)

#### Adjective

زر • (zer)
* yellow, possessing a color which stands between gree and orange on the visible spectrum
    Synonym: صاری (sarı)

##### Derived terms

* زر محبوب (zer-i mahbub, “a gold Turkish coin”)
* زر مشت افشار (zer-i müşt efşar, “kind of gold”)
* زر گون (zer gün, “gold colored”)
* زراب (zerab, “gold ink”)
* زرباف (zerbaf, “weaver of cloths of gold”)
* زرتار (zertar, “made of gold-thread”)
* زررشته (zerrişte, “gold-thread”)
* زرسای (zersay, “slab on which gold is rubbed up”)
* زرشناس (zerşinas, “banker; money-changer”)
* زرك (zerek, “gold leaf”)
* زركش (zerkeş, “gold wire drawer”)
* زرنشان (zernişan, “inlaid with gold”)
* زرگر (zerger, “goldsmith”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: zer

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zer2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5456
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zer”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1419
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 642
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Aurum”, 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, columns 107-108
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2437
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1006

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic زِرّ (zirr, “button”), from the verb زَرّ (zarr, “to button”).

#### Noun

زر • (zırr) (definite accusative زری (zırrı), plural زرور (zurur))
* button, a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or buttonhole, which is used as a fastener
    Synonym: دوگمه (düğme)
* (botany) bud, a newly sprouted leaf, blossom, or short shoot that has not yet unfolded
    Synonyms: طومروجاق (tomrucak), طومروق (tomruk)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: zır

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zır2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5474
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “zırr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1426
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 642
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Globulus”, 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 655
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “زر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2437
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1006

### Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

زر • (zır)
* buzz, hum, thrum, whirr, a continuous humming noise, as of bees
    Synonyms: اوغلدی (uğuldu), طنطنه (tantana)

#### Adjective

زر • (zır)
* buzzing, whirring, thrumming, producing a continuous humming noise

##### Derived terms

* زر دلی (zır deli, “madman who cannot keep quiet”)
* زر زوب (zır zob, “crack-brained”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: zır

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zır1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5474
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 642
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “زر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1006

## Pashto
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zər/

#### Numeral

زر • (zër)
* thousand

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y /⁠daraniya-⁠/), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya, “gold”)), probably ultimately from a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- (“green, yellow”). Compare Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato, “gold”), Latvian zelts, English gold.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zar/

#### Noun

زر • (zar) m
* metal

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *zarr (“gold”), from Parthian *zarn (“gold”); the inherited form would have started with a D, as is seen in Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y). Ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Indo-Iranian cognates include Northern Kurdish zêrr, and Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Other cognates include Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Latvian zelts, and English gold and yellow.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zaɾɾ], [zaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäɾ(ː)], [zäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäɾ(ː)], [zäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zäɾ(ː)], [zäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zäɾ(ː)], [zäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zæɹ(ː)], [zæɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zäɾ(ː)], [zäɾ]

#### Noun

زر • (zar)
* gold
    Synonym: طلا (talâ)

##### Derived terms

* زرگر (zargar)
* زرگری (zargari)
* زرین (zarrin)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: զառ (zaṙ), զար (zar)
* → Azerbaijani: zər
* → Bengali: জর (zôr)
* → Georgian: ზარი (zari)
* → Gujarati: જર (jar)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ज़र (zar)
    Urdu: زر (zar)
* → Marathi: जर (j̈ar)
* → Ottoman Turkish: زر
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜ਼ਰ (zar)
    Shahmukhi script: زَر (zar)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zuɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zʊɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zʊɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zʊɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zuɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zoɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zuɾ]

#### Noun

زر • (zor)
* (dialectal) rotation
* (dialectal) revolution
* (dialectal) circulation
* (dialectal) spin
* (dialectal) travel

##### Related terms

* زر خوردن (zor xordan)
* زر دادن (zor dâdan)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [zaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [zäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [zäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [zäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [zæɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [zäɾ]

#### Noun

زر • (zar)
* old person, old man
** c. 935 CE, Daqīqī :همی نوبهار آید و تیر ماه/ جهان گاه برنا شود گاه زر

##### Derived terms

* پیرزر (pirezar)
* زال زر (zâl e zar)

### References
## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic زِرّ (zirr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zirr/, [zɪr]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

زرّ • (zirr) m (plural زرار (zrār))
* button, knob
* a single item of certain vegetables
    زر تومة ― zirr tōme ― a clove of garlic
    زر بطاطا (in some areas) ― zirr baṭāṭa ― a potato

#### Derived terms

* زر الإجر (zirr il-ʔijr, “ankle”, literally “knob of the leg”)

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Pashto زر (zër).

### Numeral

زر (zer)
* thousand