اصر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِصْر (ʔiṣr).

Noun

اصر • (ısr) (plural آصار (asar))

  1. duty, obligation, that which one is morally or legally obligated to do
  2. onus, responsibility, burden, anything for which someone is held accountable
    Synonym: مسؤولیت (mesuliyet)
  3. penalty invoked in an oath as the consequence of its nonfulfilment
  4. (anatomy) ear canal, the meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum

Descendants

  • Turkish: ısr

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.