Etymology

zar

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Today it means: A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a type of spirit. Full definition →

Arabic زَار
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zar · noun1

  1. Arabic · derived fromزَار
  2. English todayzar

From Arabic زَار (zār).

Zar · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromزر
  2. Czech · borrowed fromŽár
  3. English todayZar

Borrowed both from Czech Žár and Arabic زر.

ZAR · proper noun3

Initialism of Afrikaans or Dutch Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, "South African Republic".

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