# 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 [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, 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)
* (regional, Bosnia) curtain
* (regional, Bosnia) yashmak
* (regional, Bosnia) 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)
* (Bosnia) 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## 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 (téssără, “four”).

#### Noun

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

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
zar
zarlar
definite accusative
zarı
zarları
dative
zara
zarlara
locative
zarda
zarlarda
ablative
zardan
zarlardan
genitive
zarın
zarların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
zarım
zarlarım
2nd singular
zarın
zarların
3rd singular
zarı
zarları
1st plural
zarımız
zarlarımız
2nd plural
zarınız
zarlarınız
3rd plural
zarları
zarları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
zarımı
zarlarımı
2nd singular
zarını
zarlarını
3rd singular
zarını
zarlarını
1st plural
zarımızı
zarlarımızı
2nd plural
zarınızı
zarlarınızı
3rd plural
zarlarını
zarlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
zarıma
zarlarıma
2nd singular
zarına
zarlarına
3rd singular
zarına
zarlarına
1st plural
zarımıza
zarlarımıza
2nd plural
zarınıza
zarlarınıza
3rd plural
zarlarına
zarlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
zarımda
zarlarımda
2nd singular
zarında
zarlarında
3rd singular
zarında
zarlarında
1st plural
zarımızda
zarlarımızda
2nd plural
zarınızda
zarlarınızda
3rd plural
zarlarında
zarlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
zarımdan
zarlarımdan
2nd singular
zarından
zarlarından
3rd singular
zarından
zarlarından
1st plural
zarımızdan
zarlarımızdan
2nd plural
zarınızdan
zarlarınızdan
3rd plural
zarlarından
zarlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
zarımın
zarlarımın
2nd singular
zarının
zarlarının
3rd singular
zarının
zarlarının
1st plural
zarımızın
zarlarımızın
2nd plural
zarınızın
zarlarınızın
3rd plural
zarlarının
zarlarının :

## 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