Where does “аза́рт” come from?
аза́рт (Russian) comes from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic زهر, from Arabic ه, from Arabic كَهْرَبَاء, from Persian کهربا, from Persian کاه, from Persian کاستن — to see; to look.
аза́рт (Russian): excitement, fervour, passion
Definitions
- excitement, fervour, passion
Ancestry of “аза́рт”, step by step
аза́рт traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French hasard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hasard | chance; a coincidence; hazard |
| 2 | Old French | hasart | hazard; a score of six in a game of hazard; risk;... |
| 3 | Arabic | زهر | to shine, to be radiant, to give light; flowers;... |
| 4 | Arabic | ه | him, his, it, its; AH; Banū Ṭayyiʾ form of أَ |
| 5 | Arabic | كَهْرَبَاء | electricity |
| 6 | Persian | کهربا | amber |
| 7 | Persian | کاه | chaff; straw; hay |
| 8 | Persian | کاستن | to decrease |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |
via French hazard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | hazard | Archaic spelling of hasard, chiefly used before... |