وزر

Arabic

Root
و ز ر (w z r)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wizr/

Noun

وِزْر • (wizr) m (plural أَوْزَار (ʔawzār))

1. burden
2. crime, sin, fault
3. arms or armour carried on the body

Declension

Declension of noun وِزْر (wizr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وِزْر wizr	الْوِزْر al-wizr	وِزْر wizr
Nominative	وِزْرٌ wizrun	الْوِزْرُ al-wizru	وِزْرُ wizru
Accusative	وِزْرًا wizran	الْوِزْرَ al-wizra	وِزْرَ wizra
Genitive	وِزْرٍ wizrin	الْوِزْرِ al-wizri	وِزْرِ wizri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	وِزْرَيْن wizrayn	الْوِزْرَيْن al-wizrayn	وِزْرَيْ wizray
Nominative	وِزْرَانِ wizrāni	الْوِزْرَانِ al-wizrāni	وِزْرَا wizrā
Accusative	وِزْرَيْنِ wizrayni	الْوِزْرَيْنِ al-wizrayni	وِزْرَيْ wizray
Genitive	وِزْرَيْنِ wizrayni	الْوِزْرَيْنِ al-wizrayni	وِزْرَيْ wizray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَوْزَار ʔawzār	الْأَوْزَار al-ʔawzār	أَوْزَار ʔawzār
Nominative	أَوْزَارٌ ʔawzārun	الْأَوْزَارُ al-ʔawzāru	أَوْزَارُ ʔawzāru
Accusative	أَوْزَارًا ʔawzāran	الْأَوْزَارَ al-ʔawzāra	أَوْزَارَ ʔawzāra
Genitive	أَوْزَارٍ ʔawzārin	الْأَوْزَارِ al-ʔawzāri	أَوْزَارِ ʔawzāri

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?]. Akin to Ossetian базыр (bazyr), Baluchi بازل (bāzul, “wing”). Related to either Persian بال (bâl, “wing”) or Persian بازو (bâzu, “arm”).

Noun

وزر • (wazár) m (plural وزرونه (wazarúna)) (Southern)

وزر • (wazár) f (plural وزرې (wazáre)) (Northern)

1. wing
2. fin, flipper
3. feather

   Synonyms: بڼه (bə́ṇa), پر (par)

4. arm

   Synonyms: مټ (məṭ), بازو (bāzu), لاس (lās)

5. (figurative) parents, family and their support
6. cover of a book

References

• Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN