زیور

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zeː.ˈwaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zeː.wäɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ziː.væɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ze.väɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zēwar
Dari reading^?	zēwar
Iranian reading^?	zivar
Tajik reading^?	zevar

Noun

زیور • (zēwar / zivar) (Tajik spelling зевар)

ornament, decoration
Synonyms: آرایش (ārāyiš / ârâyeš), آذین (āzīn / âzin), زیب (zēb / zib), پیرایش (pīrāyiš / pirâyeš), تزیین (tazyīn / tazyin), زینت (zīnat / zinat)

Derived terms

زیور دادن (zēwar dādan / zivar dâdan, “(transitive) to apply ornament”)
زیورآلات (zēwar'ālāt / zivar'âlât, “jewelry”)

Descendants

→ Urdu: زیوَر (zevar)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “زیور”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زیور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zēwar), related to (zēbīdan).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zeː.ʋəɾ/
Rhymes: -əɾ
Hyphenation: زے‧وَر

Noun

زیوَر • (zevar) m (formal plural زیوَرَات (zevarāt), Hindi spelling ज़ेवर)

jewellery, ornament
(figuratively) grounds for adornment

Declension

Declension of **زیور**
	singular	plural
direct	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَر (zevar)
oblique	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَروں (zevarõ)
vocative	زیوَر (zevar)	زیوَرو (zevaro)

Further reading

“زیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“زیور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “زیور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.