Meanings
nounvalue (countable and uncountable, plural values)
plural values
- countableuncountableThe quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
There is tremendous value in a good education.
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An abacus is of little value when you have an electronic calculator.
United were value for their win and Rooney could have had a hat-trick before half-time, with Paul Scholes also striking the post in the second half.
2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC SportSynonyms: worth
- uncountableThe degree of importance given to something.
The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
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Okay, for the record, and this is probably obvious, those three departments do actually do things of value, assuming that you find Pell grants, mortgage insurance, low-income housing programs, the National Weather Service, the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Census Bureau to be of some value. And if it comes as news to you that that’s what those departments do, well then, hi Gary, I’m excited you’re watching the show.
2016 October 16, “Third Parties”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO - countableoftenpluraluncountableThat which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
family values
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He does not share his parents' values.
WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18 - countableuncountableThe amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
The value of the stolen painting is estimated to be around four million pounds.
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An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.
1825, John Ramsay McCulloch, Principles of Political EconomyHis design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLCEconomics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847 - countableuncountableentertainmentThe relative duration of a musical note.
The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.
- countableuncountableartThe relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.
2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design1 more example
Shadows and light move very quickly when you are painting on location. Use Cobalt Blue to quickly establish the painting's values.
2010, Rose Edin, Dee Jepsen, Color Harmonies: Paint Watercolors Filled with Light - countableuncountablePrecise meaning; import.
the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
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Yet that learned and diligent annotator has , in a following note , shown his sense of the value of a passage of Livy , marking , in a few words , most strongly the desolation of Italy under the Roman republic
1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece - countableobsoleteuncountableEsteem; regard.
My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great.
a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC1 more example
The French have a high value for them ; and I confess they are often what they call delicate
1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC - countableobsoleteuncountableValour.
Who ſoone prepard to field, his ſword forth drew, / And him with equall valew counteruayld: […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 264
verbvalue (third-person singular simple present values, present participle valuing, simple past and past participle valued)
present singular third person values · participle present valuing · participle past valued · past valued
- To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
The property has been valued at six million pounds.
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I will have the family jewels valued by a professional.
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.
2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847Synonyms: appreciate, assess, evaluate, valuate, worthen, appraise, apprise, apprize · Antonyms: misappraise, undervalue
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
I value his advice.
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Gold was valued highly among the Romans.
Synonyms: esteem, honor, look up to, respect, esteem, honor, idolize, lay store by · Antonyms: despise, disesteem, contemn, despect, disrespect, despise, disdain, disesteem
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
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verbTo determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.
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verbTo regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
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verbTo hold dear; to cherish.
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added valueeconomic valueface valueintrinsic valuelvaluemarket valuenote valuepar valuervaluetime valueinstrumental valueexchange valueuse value
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nounthe amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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economic value
noun(music) the relative duration of a musical note
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verbevaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-“to be strong”
- Proto-Italic*walēō
- Latinvalēre“be strong, be worth”
- Old Frenchvalue
- Middle Englishvalew
- Englishvalue
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀξία
- ἀξία (axía)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
Arabic قِيمَة
- قِيمَة (qīma)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
Basque balio
- balioquality that renders something desirable or valuable
Bengali মূল্য
- মূল্য (mullo)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
Bulgarian це́нност, сто́йност
- це́нност (cénnost)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- сто́йност (stójnost)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- ва́жност (vážnost)degree of importance given to something
- цена́ (cená)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- продължи́телност (prodălžítelnost)relative duration of a musical note
- сто́йност (stójnost)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- оценявам (ocenjavam)to determine or estimate the value of
- ценя (cenja)to regard highly
Catalan valor, valor
- valorquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valordegree of importance given to something
- valoramount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valorrelative duration of a musical note
- valorrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- valornumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- valorideal accepted by some individual or group
Chinese Cantonese 價值 /价值
- 價值 /价值 (gaa³ zik⁶)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
Chinese Mandarin 價值 /价值, 值
- 價值 /价值 (jiàzhí)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- 值 (zhí)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
Czech hodnota, jas
- hodnotaquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- jasrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- hodnotanumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- ocenitto determine or estimate the value of
- považovatto regard highly
- vážit sito regard highly
- cenit sito hold dear
Danish værdi, værd
- værdiquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- værddegree of importance given to something
- værdiamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valørrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- værdinumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- værdiideal accepted by some individual or group
- vurdereto determine or estimate the value of
- værdsætteto determine or estimate the value of
- skatteto regard highly
- skatteto hold dear
Dutch waarde, belang
- waardequality that renders something desirable or valuable
- belangdegree of importance given to something
- waardeamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- waardenumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- waardeideal accepted by some individual or group
Esperanto valoro, valoro
- valoroquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valoroamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valoronumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- alttaksito regard highly
- valorito regard highly
- valorito hold dear
Estonian väärtus, väärtus
- väärtusquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- väärtusdegree of importance given to something
- väärtusamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- vältusrelative duration of a musical note
- eredusrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- väärtusnumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- väärtusedideal accepted by some individual or group
Finnish arvo, painoarvo
- arvoquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- painoarvodegree of importance given to something
- arvodegree of importance given to something
- hinta-laatusuhdeamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- hinta–laatu-suhdeamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- aika-arvorelative duration of a musical note
- valöörirelative darkness or lightness of a color
- valoisuusarvorelative darkness or lightness of a color
- arvonumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- arvoideal accepted by some individual or group
- arvioidato determine or estimate the value of
- määrittää arvoto determine or estimate the value of
- arvostaato regard highly
- pitää arvossato regard highly
- arvostaato hold dear
- pitää arvossato hold dear
French valeur, valeur
- valeurquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valeurdegree of importance given to something
- valeuramount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valeurrelative duration of a musical note
- valeurnumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- valeurideal accepted by some individual or group
- valoriserto determine or estimate the value of
- évaluerto determine or estimate the value of
- estimerto determine or estimate the value of
- apprécierto regard highly
- tenirto hold dear
German Wert, Wert
- Wertquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- Wertdegree of importance given to something
- Wichtigkeitdegree of importance given to something
- Wertamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- Notenwertrelative duration of a musical note
- Wertrelative duration of a musical note
- Tonwertrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- Wertnumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- Werteideal accepted by some individual or group
- schätzento determine or estimate the value of
- schätzento regard highly
Greek αξία, αξία
- αξία (axía)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- αξία (axía)degree of importance given to something
- αξία (axía)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- τιμή (timí)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- αξία (axía)ideal accepted by some individual or group
Hebrew עֵרֶך, עֵרֶך
- עֵרֶך (érekh)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- עֵרֶך (érekh)degree of importance given to something
- עֵרֶך (érekh)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- עֵרֶך (érekh)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- עֵרֶך (érekh)ideal accepted by some individual or group
- העריך (he'eríkh)to determine or estimate the value of
- העריך (he'eríkh)to regard highly
Hindi मूल्य, क़ीमत
- मूल्य (mūlya)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- क़ीमत (qīmat)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- क़द्र (qadra)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- मूल्य (mūlya)degree of importance given to something
- क़द्र (qadra)degree of importance given to something
- मूल्य (mūlya)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- क़ीमत (qīmat)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- कीमत (kīmat)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- मिकदार (mikdār)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- मूल्य (mūlya)ideal accepted by some individual or group
- मूल्य निर्धारण (mūlya nirdhāraṇ)to determine or estimate the value of
- मूल्यांकन (mūlyāṅkan)to determine or estimate the value of
Hungarian jelentőség, fontosság
- jelentőségdegree of importance given to something
- fontosságdegree of importance given to something
- értékamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- értékrelative duration of a musical note
- értéknumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- értékrendideal accepted by some individual or group
- becsülto regard highly
- értékelto regard highly
Icelandic gildi, mikilvægi
- gildiquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- mikilvægiquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- gagnsemiquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- verðgildiamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- lengdargildirelative duration of a musical note
- gildiideal accepted by some individual or group
Irish luach, fiúntas
- luachquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- fiúntasdegree of importance given to something
- luachamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- méidnumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- luacháilto determine or estimate the value of
Italian valore, valore
- valorequality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valoreamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valorenumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- valoreideal accepted by some individual or group
- computareto determine or estimate the value of
- valutareto determine or estimate the value of
- stimareto determine or estimate the value of
- apprezzareto regard highly
- tenere in gran contoto regard highly
- apprezzareto hold dear
- valorizzareto hold dear
Japanese 価値, 値
- 価値 (kachi)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- 値 (atai)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- 価値観 (kachikan)ideal accepted by some individual or group
- 評価する (hyōka suru)to determine or estimate the value of
- 重視する (jūshi suru)to regard highly
Korean 가치, 값
- 가치 (gachi)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- 값 (gap)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
Latin pretium, valor
- pretiumquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valorquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- pretiumamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- aestimōto determine or estimate the value of
- taxōto determine or estimate the value of
- dīligōto regard highly
Latvian vērtība, vērtība
- vērtībaquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- vērtībaamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- vērtībanumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- vērtībaideal accepted by some individual or group
- novērtētto determine or estimate the value of
- vērtētto determine or estimate the value of
Lithuanian vertė
- vertėquality that renders something desirable or valuable
Malay nilai, nilai
- nilaiquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- nilaidegree of importance given to something
- nilaiamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- nilairelative duration of a musical note
- nilairelative darkness or lightness of a color
- nilainumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- nilaiideal accepted by some individual or group
- dinilaito determine or estimate the value of
- hargaito regard highly
Māori uaratanga, wāriu
- uaratangaquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- wāriuquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- wāriuamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- wāriuto determine or estimate the value of
- matapoporeto regard highly
- kaingākauto regard highly
- kaingākaunuito regard highly
- whakamaiohato regard highly
- whakamaiohato hold dear
Norwegian vurdere, verdsette
- vurdereto determine or estimate the value of
- verdsetteto determine or estimate the value of
- taksereto determine or estimate the value of
- verdsetteto regard highly
- skatteto regard highly
- sette pris påto hold dear
- verdsetteto hold dear
Norwegian Bokmål verd, verdi
- verdquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- verdiquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- betydningdegree of importance given to something
- verdidegree of importance given to something
- prisamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- verdiamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
Persian ارزشگذاری, ارج نهادن
- ارزشگذاری (arzešgozâri)to determine or estimate the value of
- ارج نهادن (arj nahâdan)to hold dear
Polish wartość, wartość
- wartośćquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- wartośćdegree of importance given to something
- znaczeniedegree of importance given to something
- wartośćamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- cenaamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- kosztamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- wartośćrelative duration of a musical note
- odcieńrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- wartośćnumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- wartośćideal accepted by some individual or group
- wycenićto determine or estimate the value of
- wyceniaćto determine or estimate the value of
- cenićto regard highly
- cenićto hold dear
Portuguese valor, valia
- valorquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valiaquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- apreçodegree of importance given to something
- valoramount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valorrelative duration of a musical note
- valorrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- valornumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- valorideal accepted by some individual or group
- idealideal accepted by some individual or group
- valorarto determine or estimate the value of
- valorizarto regard highly
- valorizarto hold dear
- apreciarto hold dear
Romanian valoare, valoare
- valoarequality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valoarenumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- valoareideal accepted by some individual or group
- evaluato determine or estimate the value of
- estimato determine or estimate the value of
- prețuito regard highly
- cinstito regard highly
- prețuito hold dear
Russian це́нность, сто́имость
- це́нность (cénnostʹ)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- сто́имость (stóimostʹ)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- значе́ние (značénije)degree of importance given to something
- ва́жность (vážnostʹ)degree of importance given to something
- це́нность (cénnostʹ)degree of importance given to something
- цена́ (cená)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- сто́имость (stóimostʹ)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- це́нность (cénnostʹ)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- дли́тельность (dlítelʹnostʹ)relative duration of a musical note
- продолжи́тельность (prodolžítelʹnostʹ)relative duration of a musical note
- я́ркость (járkostʹ)relative darkness or lightness of a color
- значе́ние (značénije)numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- оце́нивать (océnivatʹ)to determine or estimate the value of
- оцени́ть (ocenítʹ)to determine or estimate the value of
- цени́ть (cenítʹ)to regard highly
- цени́ть (cenítʹ)to hold dear
- дорожи́ть (dorožítʹ)to hold dear
Scottish Gaelic fiach, luach
- fiachquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- luachquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- fiachdegree of importance given to something
- luachdegree of importance given to something
- fiachamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- luachamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
Slovak hodnota
- hodnotaquality that renders something desirable or valuable
Spanish valor, valor
- valorquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- valordegree of importance given to something
- valoramount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- valornumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- valorideal accepted by some individual or group
- valuarto determine or estimate the value of
- avaluarto determine or estimate the value of
- valorarto determine or estimate the value of
- valorearto determine or estimate the value of
- valorizarto determine or estimate the value of
- avalorarto determine or estimate the value of
- valorarto regard highly
- valorearto regard highly
- valorizarto regard highly
- valorarto hold dear
- valorearto hold dear
- valorizarto hold dear
Swahili thamani, thamani
- thamaniquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- thamanidegree of importance given to something
- thamaniamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
Swedish värde, värde
- värdequality that renders something desirable or valuable
- värdedegree of importance given to something
- värdeamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- värderelative duration of a musical note
- notvärderelative duration of a musical note
- valörrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- värdenumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- värdeideal accepted by some individual or group
- värderato determine or estimate the value of
- värderato regard highly
- värderato hold dear
Tagalog balor
- balorquality that renders something desirable or valuable
Thai ค่า, คุณค่า
- ค่า (kâa)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- คุณค่า (kun-kâa)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- คุณค่า (kun-kâa)degree of importance given to something
- มูลค่า (muun-lá-kâa)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- ราคา (raa-kaa)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- ค่านิยม (kâa-ní-yom)ideal accepted by some individual or group
Turkish değer, kıymet
- değerquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- kıymetquality that renders something desirable or valuable
- değerdegree of importance given to something
- kıymetdegree of importance given to something
- ehemmiyetdegree of importance given to something
- önemdegree of importance given to something
- değeramount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- kıymetamount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- nota değerirelative duration of a musical note
- tonrelative darkness or lightness of a color
- değernumerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
- değerlerideal accepted by some individual or group
Ukrainian ці́нність, ва́ртість
- ці́нність (cínnistʹ)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- ва́ртість (vártistʹ)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- кошт (košt)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- зна́чення (znáčennja)degree of importance given to something
- ціна́ (ciná)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- ва́ртість (vártistʹ)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
- кошт (košt)amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
Urdu قِیمَت, اَرْزِش
- قِیمَت (qīmat)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- اَرْزِش (arziś)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
- شَرْحْ (śarh)quality that renders something desirable or valuable
Vietnamese giá trị
- giá trịquality that renders something desirable or valuable
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