اثر

See also: أثر, آثر, إثر, أتر, أبر, اتر, and ابر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Noun

اثر • (eser) (plural آثار (asar))

work (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
شاه اثر ― şah esir ― masterpiece

Descendants

Turkish: eser

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اثر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 50

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈsaɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]

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

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	اثر
Dari	اثر
Tajik	асар

اثر • (asar) (plural آثار (āsār / âsâr) or اثرها (asar-hā / asar-hâ) or اثرات (asarāt / asarât))

trace, sign, mark
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1803:
  این زمین از حلم حق دارد اثر / تا نجاست برد و گلها داد بر
  īn zamīn az hilm-i haqq dārad asar / tā najāsat burd u gul-hā dād bar
  This earth has the mark of God's clemency, in that it got filth and gave flowers as the produce.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
effect, impact
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2874:
  جفت کردیم این عمل را با اثر / چون رسد جفتی رسد جفتی دگر
  juft kardēm īn amal-rā bā asar / čūn rasad juftē rasad juftē dīgar
  We have mated this action with the effect: when one mate arrives, another mate arrives.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
impression
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3587:
  عقل اثر را روح پندارد ولیک / نور خور از قرص خور دورست نیک
  aql asar-rā rūh pindarad walēk / nūr-i xwar az qurs-i xwar dūr-ast nēk
  The intellect deems the impression to be the Spirit, but the light of the sun is very far from (being) the orb of the sun.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(in the plural, ) relic, historical monument
(usually in the plural) literary work

Usage notes

Usually, the plural is only used for senses 1, 2 and 3.

Derived terms

(verbs)

اثر داشتن (asar dāštan / asar dâštan)
اثر پذیرفتن (asar pazīruftan / asar paziroftan)
اثر کردن (asar kardan)
اثر گذاشتن (asar guzaštan / asar gozaštan)

(others)

اثر گلخانه‌ای (asar-i gulxāna-ī / asar-e golxâne-i, “Greenhouse effect”)
اثرانگشت (asar-angušt / asar-angošt, “fingerprint”)
بی‌اثر (bē-asar / bi-asar, “ineffective”)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: અસર (asar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: असर (asar)

Urdu: اثر (asar)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar)bor.

Classical Persian (asar)bor.

Urdu اثر

Borrowed from Classical Persian (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.səɾ/
Rhymes: -əɾ
Homophone: عَصْر ('asr) (sukoon-zabar in Perso-Arab loanwords)

Noun

اَثَر • (asar) m (formal plural اثرات, Hindi spelling असर)

References

“اثر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“اثر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اثر (asar), from Persian (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Noun

اثر (asr)