Arabic edit

Root
ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Semitic *θ̣upr-, *θ̣ipr- (nail, claw). Cognate with Akkadian 𒌢 (ṣuprum) and Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרֶן (ṣippórɛn).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ðˤufr/
    • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ðˤu.fur/

Noun edit

ظُفْر or ظُفُر (ẓufr or ẓufurm (plural أَظْفَار (ʔaẓfār) or أَظَافِر (ʔaẓāfir) or أَظْفُر (ʔaẓfur) or أَظَافِير (ʔaẓāfīr))

  1. (anatomy) fingernail
  2. (zoology) claw
    Coordinate term: حَافِر (ḥāfir, hoof)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ظ ف ر (ẓ-f-r)

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) I, non-past يَظْفَرُ‎ (yaẓfaru) [+ بِ (object)] and [+ عَلَى (object)]

  1. to triumph over, to win, to superate
  2. to win, to gain, to receive
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Verb edit

ظَفَّرَ (ẓaffara) II, non-past يُظَفِّرُ‎ (yuẓaffiru)

  1. to make victorious; to grant victory; to aid
    Synonym: نَصَرَ (naṣara)
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 3 edit

Noun edit

ظَفَر (ẓafarm

  1. verbal noun of ظَفِرَ (ẓafira) (form I)
  2. obtainment, success, victory
  3. level ground
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Azerbaijani: zəfər
  • Northern Kurdish: zafer
  • Ottoman Turkish: ظفر (zafer)
  • Persian: ظفر (zafar)
  • Uzbek: zafar

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “ظفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 87–88
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ظفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1912
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ظفر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 656
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ظفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 800

Azerbaijani edit

Noun edit

ظفر (zəfər) (definite accusative ظفری, plural ظفرلر)

  1. Arabic spelling of zəfər (triumph)

Declension edit

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ظ ف ر
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dˤi.fir/, [dˤɪfɪr]

Noun edit

ظفر (ḍifirm (construct state ظِفْر (ḍifr), plural أظافر (ʔaḍāfir) or أظافير (ʔaḍāfīr))

  1. nail
  2. fingernail

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Noun edit

ظفر (zafer)

  1. victory, triumph

Descendants edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? zafar
Dari reading? zafar
Iranian reading? zafar
Tajik reading? zafar

Noun edit

Dari ظفر
Iranian Persian
Tajik зафар

ظفر (zafar)

  1. victory, triumph

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ظفر (zafar), from Arabic ظَفَر (ẓafar).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ظَفَر (zafarm (Hindi spelling ज़फ़र)

  1. victory, triumph
  2. profit, gain
  3. success