azar

Borrowed from Classical Persian آزَار (āzār).

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azar (definite accusative azarı, plural azarlar)

1. illness

   Synonyms: xəstəlik, naxoşluq, mərəz

2. trouble
3. addiction, predilection (for), propensity

• azarkeş

• “azar” in Obastan.com.

From Arabic الزَهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Italian zara and French hasard.

• Hyphenation: a‧zar

azar m (plural azares)

1. bad luck; misfortune

   Foi muito azar ter perdido aquele livro. ― Losing that book was some real bad luck.

azar

1. tough luck; big deal; I don’t care (indicates that the speaker doesn’t care about the negative consequences mentioned)

   “As crianças na África estão morrendo de fome!” “Azar.”

   “Children in Africa are starving to death!” “Tough luck.”

   “Cara, você pode morrer se fizer isso.” “Azar.”

   “Dude, you could die if you do this.” “I don’t care.”

• The format “azar + possessive” or “azar o + possessive” can be use to indicate who will be affected by the negative consequences:

  Azar deles. ― That’s their problem.

  Azar o meu. ― That’s my problem.

  Azar da Ana. ― That’s Ana’s problem.

• This interjection is usually pronounced with a higher intonation in the stressed syllable, and often accompanied by a shrug of the shoulders.

From Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Related to English hazard.

• IPA^(key): /aˈθaɾ/ [aˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈsaɾ/ [aˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧zar
• Homophone: (Latin America) asar

azar m (plural azares)

1. luck, chance

   al azar ― at random

2. misfortune, accident
3. obstacle, hazard
4. (games) losing card, losing throw
5. cushion side of a billiard pocket

• “azar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آزار (azar, “a reprimand, reproach, scolding”),^[1] from Persian آزار (âzâr), from Persian آزردن (âzordan, “to annoy, to torment”).^[2] Cognates with Azerbaijani azar, Northern Kurdish azar, Turkmen azar, Uzbek ozor, Zazaki azar.

• IPA^(key): /aˈzar/
• Hyphenation: a‧zar

azar (definite accusative azarı, plural azarlar)

1. A reprimand, reproach.

   Synonyms: paylama, (dated) itap

• “azar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “azar³”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3644