Femení

zara

(Anglès)

  1. (feminine, historical) a medieval game of chance using dice
  2. (archaic, feminine) a negative outcome, loss, defeat

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zà‧ra
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈd͡za.ra/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). The "loss" meaning derives from the habit of game players to yell out the game's name whenever a losing number came out. Doublet of azzardo.

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