زهر

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ز ه ر (z h r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zahr/

Noun

زَهْر • (zahr) m (collective, singulative زَهْرَة f (zahra), plural زُهُور (zuhūr) or أَزْهُر (ʔazhur) or أَزْهَار (ʔazhār) or أَزَاهِير (ʔazāhīr) or أَزَاهِر (ʔazāhir))

flowers, blooms, blossoms
Synonyms: نَوْر (nawr), وَرْد (ward)

فِي فَصْلِ ٱلرَّبِيعِ تَتَفَتَّحُ ٱلزُّهُورُ.
fī faṣli r-rabīʕi tatafattaḥu z-zuhūru.
In spring, flowers bloom.
die, dice
cast iron

Declension

Declension of noun زَهْر (zahr)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْر zahr	الزَّهْر az-zahr	زَهْر zahr
Nominative	زَهْرٌ zahrun	الزَّهْرُ az-zahru	زَهْرُ zahru
Accusative	زَهْرًا zahran	الزَّهْرَ az-zahra	زَهْرَ zahra
Genitive	زَهْرٍ zahrin	الزَّهْرِ az-zahri	زَهْرِ zahri
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْرَة zahra	الزَّهْرَة az-zahra	زَهْرَة zahrat
Nominative	زَهْرَةٌ zahratun	الزَّهْرَةُ az-zahratu	زَهْرَةُ zahratu
Accusative	زَهْرَةً zahratan	الزَّهْرَةَ az-zahrata	زَهْرَةَ zahrata
Genitive	زَهْرَةٍ zahratin	الزَّهْرَةِ az-zahrati	زَهْرَةِ zahrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْرَتَيْن zahratayn	الزَّهْرَتَيْن az-zahratayn	زَهْرَتَيْ zahratay
Nominative	زَهْرَتَانِ zahratāni	الزَّهْرَتَانِ az-zahratāni	زَهْرَتَا zahratā
Accusative	زَهْرَتَيْنِ zahratayni	الزَّهْرَتَيْنِ az-zahratayni	زَهْرَتَيْ zahratay
Genitive	زَهْرَتَيْنِ zahratayni	الزَّهْرَتَيْنِ az-zahratayni	زَهْرَتَيْ zahratay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَهْرَات zahrāt	الزَّهْرَات az-zahrāt	زَهْرَات zahrāt
Nominative	زَهْرَاتٌ zahrātun	الزَّهْرَاتُ az-zahrātu	زَهْرَاتُ zahrātu
Accusative	زَهْرَاتٍ zahrātin	الزَّهْرَاتِ az-zahrāti	زَهْرَاتِ zahrāti
Genitive	زَهْرَاتٍ zahrātin	الزَّهْرَاتِ az-zahrāti	زَهْرَاتِ zahrāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زُهُور‎; أَزْهُر‎; أَزْهَار‎; أَزَاهِير‎; أَزَاهِر zuhūr‎; ʔazhur‎; ʔazhār‎; ʔazāhīr‎; ʔazāhir	الزُّهُور‎; الْأَزْهُر‎; الْأَزْهَار‎; الْأَزَاهِير‎; الْأَزَاهِر az-zuhūr‎; al-ʔazhur‎; al-ʔazhār‎; al-ʔazāhīr‎; al-ʔazāhir	زُهُور‎; أَزْهُر‎; أَزْهَار‎; أَزَاهِير‎; أَزَاهِر zuhūr‎; ʔazhur‎; ʔazhār‎; ʔazāhīr‎; ʔazāhir
Nominative	زُهُورٌ‎; أَزْهُرٌ‎; أَزْهَارٌ‎; أَزَاهِيرُ‎; أَزَاهِرُ zuhūrun‎; ʔazhurun‎; ʔazhārun‎; ʔazāhīru‎; ʔazāhiru	الزُّهُورُ‎; الْأَزْهُرُ‎; الْأَزْهَارُ‎; الْأَزَاهِيرُ‎; الْأَزَاهِرُ az-zuhūru‎; al-ʔazhuru‎; al-ʔazhāru‎; al-ʔazāhīru‎; al-ʔazāhiru	زُهُورُ‎; أَزْهُرُ‎; أَزْهَارُ‎; أَزَاهِيرُ‎; أَزَاهِرُ zuhūru‎; ʔazhuru‎; ʔazhāru‎; ʔazāhīru‎; ʔazāhiru
Accusative	زُهُورًا‎; أَزْهُرًا‎; أَزْهَارًا‎; أَزَاهِيرَ‎; أَزَاهِرَ zuhūran‎; ʔazhuran‎; ʔazhāran‎; ʔazāhīra‎; ʔazāhira	الزُّهُورَ‎; الْأَزْهُرَ‎; الْأَزْهَارَ‎; الْأَزَاهِيرَ‎; الْأَزَاهِرَ az-zuhūra‎; al-ʔazhura‎; al-ʔazhāra‎; al-ʔazāhīra‎; al-ʔazāhira	زُهُورَ‎; أَزْهُرَ‎; أَزْهَارَ‎; أَزَاهِيرَ‎; أَزَاهِرَ zuhūra‎; ʔazhura‎; ʔazhāra‎; ʔazāhīra‎; ʔazāhira
Genitive	زُهُورٍ‎; أَزْهُرٍ‎; أَزْهَارٍ‎; أَزَاهِيرَ‎; أَزَاهِرَ zuhūrin‎; ʔazhurin‎; ʔazhārin‎; ʔazāhīra‎; ʔazāhira	الزُّهُورِ‎; الْأَزْهُرِ‎; الْأَزْهَارِ‎; الْأَزَاهِيرِ‎; الْأَزَاهِرِ az-zuhūri‎; al-ʔazhuri‎; al-ʔazhāri‎; al-ʔazāhīri‎; al-ʔazāhiri	زُهُورِ‎; أَزْهُرِ‎; أَزْهَارِ‎; أَزَاهِيرِ‎; أَزَاهِرِ zuhūri‎; ʔazhuri‎; ʔazhāri‎; ʔazāhīri‎; ʔazāhiri

Derived terms

زَهْر الثَّالُوث (zahr aṯ-ṯālūṯ)
زَهْر الرَّبِيع (zahr ar-rabīʕ)
زَهْر اللُّؤْلُؤ (zahr al-luʔluʔ)
زَهْر الْعَسَل (zahr al-ʕasal)
مَاء الزَّهْر (māʔ az-zahr)

Descendants

Maltese: żahar
Sicilian: zàgara
→ Ottoman Turkish: زار (zâr)
- Turkish: zar
→ Persian: زار (zâr)
- → Armenian: զար (zar), զառ (zaṙ)
- → Azerbaijani: zar
- → Georgian: ზარი (zari)
- → Gujarati: ઝાર (jhār)
⇒ Arabic: اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”)
- → Byzantine Greek: αζάριον (azárion), ζάριν (zárin)
  - Greek: ζάρι (zári)
- → Italian: zara
- → Old French: hasart
  - French: hasard
  - → English: hazard
- → Portuguese: azar
- → Spanish: azar

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /za.ha.ra/

Verb

زَهَرَ • (zahara) I (non-past يَزْهَرُ (yazharu), verbal noun زُهُور (zuhūr) or زَهْر (zahr))

to shine, to be radiant, to give light

Conjugation

Conjugation of زَهَرَ (I, sound, a ~ a, no passive, verbal nouns زُهُور, زَهْر)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					زُهُور, زَهْر zuhūr, zahr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					زَاهِر zāhir
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	زَهَرْتُ zahartu	زَهَرْتَ zaharta	زَهَرَ zahara	زَهَرْتُمَا zahartumā	زَهَرَا zaharā	زَهَرْنَا zaharnā	زَهَرْتُمْ zahartum	زَهَرُوا zaharū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	زَهَرْتُ zahartu	زَهَرْتِ zaharti	زَهَرَتْ zaharat	زَهَرْتُمَا zahartumā	زَهَرَتَا zaharatā	زَهَرْنَا zaharnā	زَهَرْتُنَّ zahartunna	زَهَرْنَ zaharna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَزْهَرُ ʔazharu	تَزْهَرُ tazharu	يَزْهَرُ yazharu	تَزْهَرَانِ tazharāni	يَزْهَرَانِ yazharāni	نَزْهَرُ nazharu	تَزْهَرُونَ tazharūna	يَزْهَرُونَ yazharūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَزْهَرُ ʔazharu	تَزْهَرِينَ tazharīna	تَزْهَرُ tazharu	تَزْهَرَانِ tazharāni	تَزْهَرَانِ tazharāni	نَزْهَرُ nazharu	تَزْهَرْنَ tazharna	يَزْهَرْنَ yazharna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَزْهَرَ ʔazhara	تَزْهَرَ tazhara	يَزْهَرَ yazhara	تَزْهَرَا tazharā	يَزْهَرَا yazharā	نَزْهَرَ nazhara	تَزْهَرُوا tazharū	يَزْهَرُوا yazharū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَزْهَرَ ʔazhara	تَزْهَرِي tazharī	تَزْهَرَ tazhara	تَزْهَرَا tazharā	تَزْهَرَا tazharā	نَزْهَرَ nazhara	تَزْهَرْنَ tazharna	يَزْهَرْنَ yazharna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَزْهَرْ ʔazhar	تَزْهَرْ tazhar	يَزْهَرْ yazhar	تَزْهَرَا tazharā	يَزْهَرَا yazharā	نَزْهَرْ nazhar	تَزْهَرُوا tazharū	يَزْهَرُوا yazharū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَزْهَرْ ʔazhar	تَزْهَرِي tazharī	تَزْهَرْ tazhar	تَزْهَرَا tazharā	تَزْهَرَا tazharā	نَزْهَرْ nazhar	تَزْهَرْنَ tazharna	يَزْهَرْنَ yazharna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِزْهَرْ izhar		اِزْهَرَا izharā			اِزْهَرُوا izharū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اِزْهَرِي izharī		اِزْهَرَا izharā			اِزْهَرْنَ izharna

Khalaj

Noun

زَهر (zə̂r) (definite accusative زَهری, plural زَهرلَر)

Arabic spelling of zə̂r (“poison, pain”)

Declension

Declension of زهر

	singular	plural
nominative	زهر	زهرلَر
genitive	زهرۆݧ	زهرلَریݧ
dative	زهرکه	زهرلَرکه
definite accusative	زهرۆ	زهرلَری
locative	زهرچه	زهرلَرچه
ablative	زهرده	زهرلَرده
instrumental	زهرله	زهرلَرله
equative	زهروارا	زهرلَروارا

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zhar/
Audio: (file)

Noun

زهر • (zhar) m

luck

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (zahr, “poison, venom”).

Noun

زهر • (zehr, zehir)

poison, venom
Synonyms: اغو (ağu), اوت (ot), سم (sem)
anything very disagreeable
grief, anxiety, care
anger, rage, chafe

Alternative forms

զէհր (zehr), զէհիր (zehir) — Armeno-Turkish

Derived terms

زهرلك (zehirlik, “quality or effect of poison”)
زهرلنمك (zehirlenmek, “to be poisoned”)
زهزاب (zehrab, “poisoned water”)

Descendants

Turkish: zehir
→ Albanian: zeher
→ Armenian: զեհիր (zehir)
→ Serbo-Croatian: zȅher／зе̏хер

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

زهر

Wikipedia ^fa

Etymology

From Middle Persian zʾhl (zahr, “poison, venom”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zahɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɦɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɦɹ]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [zæːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɦɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zahr
Dari reading^?	zahr
Iranian reading^?	zahr
Tajik reading^?	zahr

Noun


Iranian Persian	زَهر
Dari	زَهر
Tajik	заҳр

زهر • (zahr) (plural زهرها (zahr-hâ))

poison, venom

Derived terms

جام زهر (jâm-e zahr, literally “poisoned chalice”)
زهر مار (zahr-e-mâr)
زهرآلود (zahrâlud)
زهرآگین (zahrâgin)
زهرشناس (zahr-šenâs)
زهرشناسی (zahr-šenâsi)
ضدزهر (zedd-e-zahr)
پادزهر (pâdzahr)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: զահր (zahr)
- Armenian: զահր (zahr)
→ Azerbaijani: zəhər
→ Bengali: জহর (zohor)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ज़हर (zahr)

Urdu: زہر (zahr)
→ Gilaki: زهر (zahr)
→ Kazakh: зәр (zär)
→ Kermanic:
Abyanehi: [script needed] (zāhr)
→ Khalaj: zə̂r
→ Larestani: زهر (zahr)
→ Sarikoli: [script needed] (zār)
→ Shughni: [script needed] (zār)
→ Ottoman Turkish: زهر (zehr)
- Gagauz: zihir
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зе̏хер
  
  Latin script: zȅher
- Turkish: zehir
→ Turkmen: zäher
→ Chagatai:
- → Uyghur: زەھەر (zeher)
- → Uzbek: zahar
→ Yidgha: [script needed] (zahᵃr)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “zahr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 97

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ز ه ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zahr/, [ˈza.h(ɪ)rˤ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

زهر • (zahr) m (collective, singulative زهرة f (zahra), plural زهور (zhūr))

(uncountable) flowers
Synonym: ورد (ward)
(uncountable) cauliflowers
Synonym: قرنبيط (ʔarnabīṭ)

Noun

زهر • (zahr) m (plural زهور (zhūr))

dice

Adjective

زهر • (zahr) (invariable)

Alternative form of زهري (zahri, “pink”)

زهر

Contents

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Khalaj

Noun

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

Adjective