asur
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Hindi असुर (asur).
Noun edit
asur (plural asurs)
- (India, Hinduism) Alternative spelling of Asura.
- (India, derogatory) An evil person.
- 2021, Snigdhenu Bhattacharya, The Wire[1]:
- This use of the word to portray the Bengal chief minister as the biggest challenger to the country’s two most powerful men, and especially their depiction as an asur or demon, did not go down well with supporters of the country’s ruling force, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
asur (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of assur
Galician edit
Noun edit
asur m (plural asures)
- lapis lazuli (blue gem)
- Synonym: lapislázuli
References edit
- “asur” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Iban edit
Verb edit
asur
- to push
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
asur (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אסור)
- prohibited (by religious law)
Antonyms edit
Further reading edit
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “asur”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “asúr”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 64
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “asur”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 47
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle English asure, from Old French azur, in turn borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), borrowed from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈasɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈasɪr/
- Rhymes: -asɨ̞r
Adjective edit
asur (feminine singular asur, plural asur, not comparable)
Derived terms edit
- asurfaen (“lapis lazuli”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
asur | unchanged | unchanged | hasur |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also edit
gwyn | llwyd | du |
coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “asur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies