اثر

See also: أثر, آثر, إثر, أتر, أبر, اتر, and ابر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Noun

اثر • (eser) (plural آثار (asar))

1. 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

Borrowed from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔa.ˈsaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæ.sǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔä.sǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	asar
Dari reading?	asar
Iranian reading?	asar
Tajik reading?	asar

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	اثر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	асар

اثر • (asar) (plural آثار (âsâr) or اثرها (asar-hâ) or آثارات (âsârât))

1. trace, sign, mark
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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.

2. effect, impact
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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.

3. impression
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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.

4. (in the plural, آثار) relic, historical monument
5. (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

• → Gujarati: અસર (asar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: असर (asar)

  Urdu: اثر (asar)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar)bor.

Classical Persian اَثَر (asar)bor.

Urdu اثر

Borrowed from Classical Persian اثر (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.səɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Homophone: عَصْر ('asr) (sukoon-zabar in Perso-Arab loanwords)

Noun

اَثَر • (asar) m (formal plural اثرات, Hindi spelling असर)

1. result, consequence, impact
2. effect
3. influence
4. impress, impression

References

• “اثر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اثر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu اثر (asar), from Persian اثر (asar), from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Noun

اثر (asr)

1. effect
2. result
3. impression
4. influence