زیور

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زیور (zēwar), related to زیبیدن (zēbīdan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zeː.ʋəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: زے‧وَر

Noun

زیوَر • (zevar) m (formal plural زیوَرَات (zevarāt), Hindi spelling ज़ेवर)

1. jewellery, ornament
2. (figuratively) grounds for adornment

Declension

Declension of زیور
	singular	plural
direct	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَر (zevar)
oblique	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَروں (zevarō̃)
vocative	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَرو (zevarō)

Further reading

• “زیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “زیور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زیور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.