zari

Alternative forms

• jari

Noun

zari (usually uncountable, plural zaris)

1. A fine gold or silver thread used in traditional Indian, Pakistani and Persian garments, especially as brocade in saris etc.

Anagrams

• Ariz., Riaz, Zira, zira

Noun

zari m

1. plural of zaro

Romanization

zari

1. Rōmaji transcription of ざり

Noun

zari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of zars

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زارع (zari), from Arabic زَرَعَ (zaraʕa, “to sow, cultivate”).

Noun

zari (definite accusative zarii, plural zürra) (obsolete)

1. farmer (person who grows crops)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5437
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zürra”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5509
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زارع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 638
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Noun

zari

1. accusative singular of zar