زيارة

Arabic

Root
ز و ر (z-w-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zi.jaː.ra/
  • (file)

Noun

زِيَارَة • (ziyāra) f (plural زِيَارَات (ziyārāt))

  1. verbal noun of زَارَ (zāra, to visit) (form I)
  2. visit
  3. pilgrimage
  4. bow

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: զիարաթ (ziaratʻ)
  • Persian: زیارت
  • Bashkir: зыярат (zıyarat)
  • Japanese: ズィヤーラ (ziyāra)
  • Kazakh: зиярат (ziärat), зират (zirat)
  • Ladino: ziara
  • Lishana Deni: זיאר֗א (zyāṛa, pilgrimage, visit to a shrine)
  • Malay: ziarah, jirat
  • Turkish: ziyaret
  • Swahili: ziara
  • Somali: siyaarad

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “زيارة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “زور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Bulgar

Etymology

Doublet of زيرت.

Noun

زِيَارَة (ziyârat)

  1. visit, grave
    Synonym: زيرت

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 158, 202
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