zori

See also: zōri and зори

English

Alternative forms

• zōri

Etymology

From Japanese 草履 (zōri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔːɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈzoəɹi/

Noun

zori (plural zori or zoris)

1. A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
   • 1983 July, Tony Annesi, Dogu: Tools For the Way, Black Belt, page 70,

     Zori should be left at the edge of the training area so they can easily be stepped into. In Western dojo, this is sometimes impractical, but zori should at least be put on as soon as possible after leaving the training area.

   • 1984, Morgan Yamanaka, “Morgan Yamanaka: Tule Lake”, in John Tateishi, editor, And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps, page 117:

     […] and they had a machine gun aimed at us, and we stood in the snow for three, four, five hours in our underwear and zoris.

   • 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 25:

     She took a while getting her crooked feet into her zori, but finally turned toward Mr. Tanaka and gave him a look he seemed to understand at once, because he left the room, closing the door behind him.

   • 2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 14:

     Traditionally, zori are worn to and from the place of practice. Zori are similar to flip-flops and used to be made from straw.

2. (especially Southeast US) A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.

   Synonym: flip-flop

   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:

     He ran back and I watched him go, legs pumping, soles of his zori showing.

See also

• geta (clogs)

Further reading

• zori on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rizo

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̻oɾi/, [s̻o̞.ɾi]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *zori (“bird, luck”).

Noun

zori inan

1. luck, chance, fate, fortune

   Synonym: adur

Declension

Declension of zori (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	zori	zoria	zoriak
ergative	zorik	zoriak	zoriek
dative	zoriri	zoriari	zoriei
genitive	zoriren	zoriaren	zorien
comitative	zorirekin	zoriarekin	zoriekin
causative	zorirengatik	zoriarengatik	zoriengatik
benefactive	zorirentzat	zoriarentzat	zorientzat
instrumental	zoriz	zoriaz	zoriez
inessive	zoritan	zorian	zorietan
locative	zoritako	zoriko	zorietako
allative	zoritara	zorira	zorietara
terminative	zoritaraino	zoriraino	zorietaraino
directive	zoritarantz	zorirantz	zorietarantz
destinative	zoritarako	zorirako	zorietarako
ablative	zoritatik	zoritik	zorietatik
partitive	zoririk	—	—
prolative	zoritzat	—	—

Etymology 2

Adjective

zori (comparative zoriago, superlative zorien, excessive zoriegi)

1. mature, ripe

Declension

Declension of zori (adjective, ending in vowel)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		zori	zoria	zoriak
ergative		zorik	zoriak	zoriek
dative		zoriri	zoriari	zoriei
genitive		zoriren	zoriaren	zorien
comitative		zorirekin	zoriarekin	zoriekin
causative		zorirengatik	zoriarengatik	zoriengatik
benefactive		zorirentzat	zoriarentzat	zorientzat
instrumental		zoriz	zoriaz	zoriez
inessive	anim.	zorirengan	zoriarengan	zoriengan
	inanim.	zoritan	zorian	zorietan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	zoritako	zoriko	zorietako
allative	anim.	zorirengana	zoriarengana	zoriengana
	inanim.	zoritara	zorira	zorietara
terminative	anim.	zorirenganaino	zoriarenganaino	zorienganaino
	inanim.	zoritaraino	zoriraino	zorietaraino
directive	anim.	zorirenganantz	zoriarenganantz	zorienganantz
	inanim.	zoritarantz	zorirantz	zorietarantz
destinative	anim.	zorirenganako	zoriarenganako	zorienganako
	inanim.	zoritarako	zorirako	zorietarako
ablative	anim.	zorirengandik	zoriarengandik	zoriengandik
	inanim.	zoritatik	zoritik	zorietatik
partitive		zoririk	—	—
prolative		zoritzat	—	—

Further reading

• “zori”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “zori”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зорꙗ (zorja), from Proto-Slavic *zořa. See also zare. Compare Bulgarian зора (zora), Serbo-Croatian zora, Aromanian ndzari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzorʲ/

• Audio:

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Noun

zori m pl (plural only)

1. daybreak, dawn

Declension

declension of zori (plural only)

	plural
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(niște) zori	zorii
genitive/dative	(unor) zori	zorilor
vocative	zorilor

See also

• auroră f
• răsărit n
• alba f

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zori (Cyrillic spelling зори)

1. dative/locative singular of zora

Slovene

Noun

zori

1. inflection of zora:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Verb

zori

1. third-person singular present of zoreti

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

zori

1. (western dialect) cicada

References

• Shnukal, Anna. (1994) 'Torres Strait Creole' in Macquarie Aboriginal Words, p. 388.