حصار

See also: حضار

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from the root ح ص ر (ḥ ṣ r).

Noun

حِصَار • (ḥiṣār) m

  1. verbal noun of حَاصَرَ (ḥāṣara) (form III)
  2. blockade
  3. siege

Declension

Declension of noun حِصَار (ḥiṣār)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal حِصَار
ḥiṣār 		الْحِصَار
al-ḥiṣār 		حِصَار
ḥiṣār
nominative حِصَارٌ
ḥiṣārun 		الْحِصَارُ
al-ḥiṣāru 		حِصَارُ
ḥiṣāru
accusative حِصَارًا
ḥiṣāran 		الْحِصَارَ
al-ḥiṣāra 		حِصَارَ
ḥiṣāra
genitive حِصَارٍ
ḥiṣārin 		الْحِصَارِ
al-ḥiṣāri 		حِصَارِ
ḥiṣāri

Descendants

  • → Middle Armenian: հիսար (hisar), խսար (xsar)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حصار (hisar)
  • → Persian: حصار (hesâr)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār, “blockade, siege”), verbal noun of حَاصَرَ (ḥāṣara, “to beleaguer”).

Noun

حصار • (hisar) (definite accusative حصاری (hisarı), plural حصارلر (hisarlar))

  1. castle, fortress, stronghold, any fortified place built to withstand attack
    Synonyms: حصن (hısn), دز (diz), قسطل (kastel), قلعه (kalʼe), كرمان (kerman)
  2. rampart, bulwark, any defensive wall surrounding a castle, fort, or settlement
    Synonym: قلعه دیواری (kalʼe duvarı)

Derived terms

  • آفیون قره حصار (afyon kara hisar, “Afyonkarahisar, a city in Turkey”)
  • آقحصار (akhisar, “Akhisar, a district of Turkey”)
  • حصارجی (hisarcı, “peasant bound to repair a fortress”)
  • حصارلو (hisarlı, “surrounded with ramparts”)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hisār
Dari reading? hisār
Iranian reading? hesâr
Tajik reading? hisor

Noun

حصار • (hesâr) (plural حصار‌ها (hesâr-hâ))

  1. fence, barrier
  2. (archaic) fortification, fortress
  3. (archaic) safehouse
  4. (archaic, music) a variant of Persian traditional music

References

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