atzar

Borrowed from Arabic الزَهْر (az-zahr, “dice”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈd͡zar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈd͡za]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈd͡zaɾ]

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atzar m (plural atzars)

1. luck, chance

   a l'atzar ― at random

   per atzar ― casually

2. misfortune, accident
3. hazard, obstacle

• a l'atzar
• joc d'atzar

• “atzar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007