# عصر
## Arabic
### Etymology

Compare Aramaic עצר (“to squeeze, press”).

### Verb

عَصَرَ • (ʕaṣara) I (non-past يَعْصِرُ (yaʕṣiru) or يَعْصُرُ (yaʕṣuru), verbal noun عَصْر (ʕaṣr))
* to press, to squeeze, to wring
** to extract juice from, to juice

#### Conjugation
### Verb

عَصَّرَ • (ʕaṣṣara) II (non-past يُعَصِّرُ (yuʕaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَعْصِير (taʕṣīr))
* to modernize, revamp, to renovate, to fit to the age

#### Conjugation
### Noun

* Audio:(file)
عَصْر or عِصْر or عُصْر or عُصُر • (ʕaṣr or ʕiṣr or ʕuṣr or ʕuṣur) m (plural أَعْصَار (ʔaʕṣār) or عُصُور (ʕuṣūr) or أَعْصُر (ʔaʕṣur) or عُصُر (ʕuṣur))
* period of time; season; age, century, era; reign
    العصر الذهبي للإسلام شهد تقدمًا ثقافيًا وعلميًا كبيرًا.Al-ʿaṣr adh-dhahabī li-l-ʾislām šahid taqaddaman ṯaqāfīyan wa-ʿilmīyan kabīran.The Islamic Golden Age witnessed significant cultural and scientific advancements.
* afternoon
    Synonym: أَصِيل (ʔaṣīl)
** Ellipsis of صَلَاة الْعَصْر (ṣalā(t) al-ʕaṣr, “afternoon prayer”).

#### Derived terms

* عَصْرِيّ (ʕaṣriyy)

#### Descendants

* Maltese: għasar
* → Azerbaijani: əsr
* → Bashkir: ғасыр (ğasır)
* → English: asr
* → German: Asr
* → Hausa: la'asar, la'asariyya
* → Indonesian: Asar
* → Kazakh: ғасыр (ğasyr)
* → Lishana Deni: עאצרתא (ʿāṣərta)
* → Ottoman Turkish: عَصْر (asr)
** Turkish: asır
* → Persian: عَصْر
** → Bengali: আসর (aśor)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अस्र (asra)
    Urdu: عَصْر ('asr)
* → Russian: аср (asr)
* → Swahili: alasiri
* → Tamil: அஸர் (asar)
* → Tatar: гасыр (ğasır)
* → Turkmen: asyr
* → Uzbek: asr

### Noun

عَصْر • (ʕaṣr) m
* verbal noun of عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara) (form I)

#### Declension
### Noun

عُصُر • (ʕuṣur) pl
* plural of عُصُر (ʕuṣur)
* plural of عَصْر (ʕaṣr)
* plural of عِصْر (ʕiṣr)
* plural of عُصْر (ʕuṣr)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.sˤar/

#### Verb

عصر • (ʕaṣar) I (non-past يعصر (yiʕṣur))
* to squeeze, to press (fruits)
* to wring (laundry)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.sˤur/, [ʕa.sˤʊr]

#### Noun

عصر • (ʕaṣur) m (construct state عصر (ʕaṣr))
* late afternoon
* period of time; season; age, century, era; reign

##### Derived terms

* العصر (al-ʕaṣur, “late afternoon prayer”)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

### Noun

عصر • (asr)
* century

#### Descendants

* Turkish: asır

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔasɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔäsɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔäsɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔäsɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔäsɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæsɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔäsɾ]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

عَصْر • (asr) (plural عصرها (asr-hâ) or اعصار (a'sâr))
* afternoon
* evening
* period (of time); epoch, era
    عصر باستان ― asr-e bâstân ― ancient times

#### Usage notes

* The plural عصرها (asr-hâ) is used for "afternoon; evening," the plural اعصار (a'sâr) for "epoch, era."

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: আসর (aśor)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: अस्र (asra)
    Urdu: عَصْر ('asr)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕa.sˤar/, [ˈʕa.sˤɑrˤ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

عصر • (ʕaṣar) I (present بعصر (boʕṣor))
* to squeeze, to press (olives), to wring (laundry)
    Synonym: عصّ (ʕaṣṣ)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕasˤr/, [ˈʕɑ.sˤ(ɪ)rˤ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

عصر • (ʕaṣr) m
* late afternoon

##### See also

* فجر (fajr)
* صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye)
* صبح (ṣubḥ)
* نهار (nhār)
* ضهر (ḍuhr)
* عصر (ʕaṣr)
* مغرب (maḡreb)
* مسا (masa)
* ليل (lēl)