اثر
See also: أثر, آثر, إثر, أتر, أبر, اتر, and ابر
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic أَثَر (ʾaṯar).
Noun
اثر • (eser) (plural آثار (asar))
- work (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)
- شاه اثر ― şah esir ― masterpiece
Descendants
- Turkish: eser
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “اثر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 50
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic أَثَر (ʾaṯar).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /aˈsaɾ/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /aˈsaɾ/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /æˈsæɾ/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /aˈsaɾ/
Noun
اثر • (asar) (plural آثار (âsâr) or اثرها (asar-hâ) or آثارات (âsârât))
- trace, sign, mark
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1803:
- این زمین از حلم حق دارد اثر / تا نجاست برد و گلها داد بر
- in zamin az helm-e haqq dârad asar / tâ nejâsat bord o gol-hâ dâd bar
- This earth has the mark of God's clemency, in that it got filth and gave flowers as the produce.
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- effect, impact
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 2874:
- جفت کردیم این عمل را با اثر / چون رسد جفتی رسد جفتی دگر
- joft kardim in 'amal-râ bâ asar / čon rasad joft-i rasad joft-i degar
- We have mated this action with the effect: when one mate arrives, another mate arrives.
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- impression
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3587:
- عقل اثر را روح پندارد ولیک / نور خور از قرص خور دورست نیک
- 'aql asar-râ ruh pendârad va-lik / nur-e xor az qors-e xor dur-ast nik
- The intellect deems the impression to be the Spirit, but the light of the sun is very far from (being) the orb of the sun.
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- (in the plural آثار) relic, historical monument
- (usually in the plural) literary work
Derived terms
(verbs)
- اثر داشتن (asar dâštan)
- اثر پذیرفتن (asar paziroftan)
- اثر کردن (asar kardan)
- اثر گذاشتن (asar gozâštan)
(others)
- اثر گلخانه‌ای (asar-e golxâne'i, “Greenhouse effect”)
- بی‌اثر (bi-asar, “ineffective”)
Descendants
- → Hindustani: asar
- Hindi: असर
- Urdu: اثر
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اثر (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʾaṯar).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.səɾ/
- Rhymes: -əɾ
- Homophone: عَصْر ('asr) (sukoon-zabar in Perso-Arab loanwords)
Noun
اَثَر • (asar) m (plural اثرات, Hindi spelling असर)
- result, consequence, impact
- effect
- influence
- impress, impression
References
- “اثر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اثر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Ushojo
Etymology
From Urdu اثر (aser).
Noun
اثر (asr)
- effect
- result
- impression
- influence