Feminine
zara
Meaning
- (feminine, historical) a medieval game of chance using dice
- (archaic, feminine) a negative outcome, loss, defeat
Concepts
Sara
zanziFrequency
Hyphenated as
zà‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡za.ra/
Etymology
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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