hasart
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”).
Noun
edithasart oblique singular, m (oblique plural hasarz or hasartz, nominative singular hasarz or hasartz, nominative plural hasart)
- hazard (game)
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Auquant demandent dez et tables :
Tex i a joent a hasart- Some asked for dice and tables
They played hazard
- Some asked for dice and tables
- a score of six in a game of hazard
- risk; danger; hazard