آذار

See also: ادار and أدار

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܕܪ (ʾāḏār), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌚𒊺 (addāru). Cognate with Hebrew אֲדָר (ădar, “Aḏar, the twelfth month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar”).

Proper noun

آذَار • (ʔāḏār) m

1. March (Solar calendar used in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq)

Declension

Declension of noun آذَار (ʔāḏār)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	آذَار ʔāḏār	—
Nominative	—	آذَارُ ʔāḏāru	—
Accusative	—	آذَارَ ʔāḏāra	—
Genitive	—	آذَارَ ʔāḏāra	—

Descendants

• → Persian: آذار (âzâr)

See also

• (month): Previous: شُبَاط (šubāṭ). Next: نَيْسَان (naysān)
• رَبِيع الأَوَّل (rabīʕ al-ʔawwal)
• مَارْس (mars), مَارِس (māris)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آذَار (ʔāḏār), from Classical Syriac ܐܕܪ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈzɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.zɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.zɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.zɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.zɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āzār
Dari reading?	āzār
Iranian reading?	âzâr
Tajik reading?	ozor

Noun

Dari	آذار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	озор

آذار • (âzâr)

1. (Syriac calendar) March

Descendants

• → Gujarati: આઝાર (ājhār)

See also

• (month): Previous: شباط (šobât). Next: نَیسان (neysân)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “اذار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• آدار (ʔādār)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic آذَار (ʔāḏār), from Classical Syriac ܐܕܪ (ʾāḏār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ðaːr/, [ʔaˈðˤɑːrˤ], [ʔaˈzˤɑːrˤ]

Noun

آذار • (ʔāḏār) m

1. (formal) March

   Synonym: شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte)

See also

Gregorian calendar months in South Levantine Arabic · أشهر التقويم الميلادي (ʔašhor it-taqwīm il-mīlādi) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
شهر واحد (šahr wāḥad), كانون التاني (kānūn it-tāni)	شهر تنين (šahr tnēn), شباط (šbāṭ)	شهر تلاتة (šahr talāte), آذار (ʔāḏār)	شهر أربعة (šahr arbaʕa), نيسان (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
شهر خمسة (šahr ḵamse), أيّار (ʔayyār)	شهر ستّة (šahr sitte), حزيران (ḥazīrān)	شهر سبعة (šahr sabʕa), تمّوز (tammūz)	شهر تمانية (šahr tamanye), آب (ʔāb)
September	October	November	December
شهر تسعة (šahr tisʕa), أيلول (ʔēlūl)	شهر عشرة (šahr ʕašara), تشرين الأوّل (tišrīn il-ʔawwal)	شهر حدعش (šahr ḥdaʕš), تشرين التاني (tišrīn it-tāni)	شهر تنعش (šahr tnaʕš), كانون الأوّل (kānūn il-ʔawwal)