żahar

• IPA^(key): /zaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr
• Homophones: żar (general), żgħar (except archaically)

From Arabic زَهْر (zahr).

żahar m (collective, singulative żahra, paucal żahriet)

1. (dated, except in expressions) several flowers, blossoms (reproductive structures on some plants)

   Synonyms: fjur, (archaic) nwar

   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Niftakar
     tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
     u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
     taż-żahar il-fwieħa
     u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
     u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
     u l-mantar bajdani
     jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
     tal-korsija:
     id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
     il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,
     

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From Arabic زَهَرَ (zahara, “to blossom”).

żahar (imperfect jiżhar, past participle miżhur, verbal noun tiżhir)

1. to blossom

   Synonyms: ffjorixxa, (archaic) nawwar