زور

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian زور (zor).

Adjective

زور (zor)

1. hard
2. difficult

Noun

زور (zor)

1. force
2. strength
3. power, energy
4. might
5. violence
6. compulsion, constraint
7. difficulty
8. necessity

Derived terms

• زوراکی (zorâki)

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Persian

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian զաւր (zawr), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA: [zuːɾ]
• (Dari) IPA: [zoːɾ]

Noun

Dari	زور‍
Iranian Persian	زور‍
Tajik	‍зӯр‍

زور • (zur)

1. force
2. strength
3. power
4. might
5. violence

Derived terms

• زورمند (zurmand)
• زورخانه (zurxâne)

Descendants

• Armenian: զոռ (zoṙ)
• Bulgarian: зор
• Greek: ζόρι
• Hindi: ज़ोर (zor)
• Romanian: zor
• Serbo-Croatian: zor, зор
• Ottoman Turkish: زور (zor)
  • Turkish: zor
• Urdu: زور (zor)
• Udi: зор

Etymology 2

Akin to Old Armenian զուր (zur), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

زور • (zur)

1. lie, falsehood

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian زور (zor).

Adverb

زور (zor)

1. powerfully
2. forcibly
3. violently

Noun

زور • (zor) m, Hindi spelling ज़ोर

1. force
2. strength
3. power
4. might
5. exertion
6. stress
7. violence
8. capacity
9. ability