کارزار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian k’lyc’l (kārzār, “battle, battlefield”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”). Cognate with Gilaki کالجار (kâljâr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːɾ.zɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.zɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.zɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːɾ.zɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːɾ.zɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːɹ.zɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔɾ.zɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kārzār
Dari reading?	kārzār
Iranian reading?	kârzâr
Tajik reading?	korzor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

کارزار • (kârzâr)

1. battlefield
2. battle, conflict, combat
3. campaign

Descendants

• → Urdu: کارزار (kārzār)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کارزار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “k’lyc’l”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 50

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian کارزار (kārzār), From Middle Persian k’lyc’l (kārzār, “battle, battlefield”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).

From the same root as کاروان (kārvān, “caravan, convoy”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ.zɑːɾ/

Noun

کارْزار • (kārzār) m (Hindi spelling कारज़ार)

1. battlefield
2. battle, conflict, combat, war
3. campaign

Derived terms

• کارزاری (kārzārī, “warrior, soldier”)
• کارزارِ حَیات (kārzār-e-hayāt, “struggles of life”)
• کارزارِ زِیسْت (kārzār-e-zist, “battlefield of life”)
• مَیدان کارزار (maidān-e-kārzār, “field of battle”)
• مَیدانِ کارزار گَرم ہونا (maidān-e-kārzār garm hōnā, “for the battle to intensify”)