Where does “zȏr” come from?

zȏr (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish زور, from Persian زور, from Parthian zʿwr.

zȏr (Serbo-Croatian): look, appearance

Definitions

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Ancestry of “zȏr”, step by step

zȏr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish زور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishزورhard, difficult, exhausting; force, strength,...
2Persianزورlibation; force, strength, power, might;...
3Parthianzʿwr—

via Proto-Slavic zorъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczorъ—

Words derived from “zȏr”

Every word from Parthian zʿwr →Every word from Persian زور →Every word from Ottoman Turkish زور →