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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic за (za) + даръ (darŭ), from Proto-Slavic *za + *darъ (gift).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zaˈdar/
  • Rhymes: -ar
  • Hyphenation: za‧dar

Adjective edit

zadar m or n (feminine singular zadară, masculine plural zadari, feminine and neuter plural zadare)

  1. (obsolete and rare outside expression în zadar) useless, futile
    Synonyms: zadarnic, degeaba

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