زيارة

Arabic

Root
ز و ر (z-w-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zi.jaː.ra/

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Noun

زِيَارَة • (ziyāra) f (plural زِيَارَات (ziyārāt))

1. verbal noun of زَارَ (zāra, “to visit”) (form I)
2. visit
3. pilgrimage
4. bow

Declension

Declension of noun زِيَارَة (ziyāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زِيَارَة ziyāra	الزِّيَارَة az-ziyāra	زِيَارَة ziyārat
Nominative	زِيَارَةٌ ziyāratun	الزِّيَارَةُ az-ziyāratu	زِيَارَةُ ziyāratu
Accusative	زِيَارَةً ziyāratan	الزِّيَارَةَ az-ziyārata	زِيَارَةَ ziyārata
Genitive	زِيَارَةٍ ziyāratin	الزِّيَارَةِ az-ziyārati	زِيَارَةِ ziyārati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زِيَارَتَيْن ziyāratayn	الزِّيَارَتَيْن az-ziyāratayn	زِيَارَتَيْ ziyāratay
Nominative	زِيَارَتَانِ ziyāratāni	الزِّيَارَتَانِ az-ziyāratāni	زِيَارَتَا ziyāratā
Accusative	زِيَارَتَيْنِ ziyāratayni	الزِّيَارَتَيْنِ az-ziyāratayni	زِيَارَتَيْ ziyāratay
Genitive	زِيَارَتَيْنِ ziyāratayni	الزِّيَارَتَيْنِ az-ziyāratayni	زِيَارَتَيْ ziyāratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زِيَارَات ziyārāt	الزِّيَارَات az-ziyārāt	زِيَارَات ziyārāt
Nominative	زِيَارَاتٌ ziyārātun	الزِّيَارَاتُ az-ziyārātu	زِيَارَاتُ ziyārātu
Accusative	زِيَارَاتٍ ziyārātin	الزِّيَارَاتِ az-ziyārāti	زِيَارَاتِ ziyārāti
Genitive	زِيَارَاتٍ ziyārātin	الزِّيَارَاتِ az-ziyārāti	زِيَارَاتِ ziyārāti

Descendants

• → Armenian: զիարաթ (ziaratʻ)
• → Persian: زیارت
• → Bashkir: зыярат (zıyarat)
• → Japanese: ズィヤーラ (ziyāra)
• → Kazakh: зиярат (ziärat), зират (zirat)
• → Ladino: ziara
• → Lishana Deni: זיאר֗א (zyāṛa, “pilgrimage, visit to a shrine”)
• → Malay: ziarah, jirat
• → Turkish: ziyaret
• → Swahili: ziara
• → Somali: siyaarad

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “زيارة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “زور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Bulgar

Etymology

Doublet of زيرت.

Noun

زِيَارَة (ziyârat)

1. visit, grave

   Synonym: زيرت

References

• Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 158, 202