asur

See also: Asur, ásur, a sur, and às ùr

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi असुर (asur).

Noun

asur (plural asurs)

1. (India, Hinduism) Alternative spelling of Asura.
2. (India, derogatory) An evil person.
   • 2021, Snigdhenu Bhattacharya, The Wire‎^[1]:

     This use of the word to portray the Bengal chief minister as the biggest challenger to the country’s two most powerful men, and especially their depiction as an asur or demon, did not go down well with supporters of the country’s ruling force, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

Etymology 2

From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).

Adjective

asur (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of assur

Etymology 3

Noun

asur

1. Obsolete spelling of azure.
   • 1869, Frederick James Furnivall, Queene Elizabethes Achademy (by Sir Humphrey Gilbert).: A Booke of Percedence, page 96:

     Sable, goulis, asur, vert, perpure  […]

   • 1896, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Society of Antiquaries of London, Illustrated Catalogue of the Heraldic Exhibition, Burlington House, 1894, page 67:

     ... asur a griffin passant […]

   • 1904, The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities, page 184:

     94. RYSELEY OF [ ] beryth to his crest […] a wreeth silver and asur manteled asur […]

   • 2022 July 5, Louise D’Arcens, Sif Ríkharðsdóttir, Medieval literary voices: Embodiment, materiality and performance, Manchester University Press, →ISBN:

     Thomas Wall's book of crests of 1530 records that 'Trevylion of Devon beryth to his crest two armes asur the handes silver holdyng a pellet on the […]

Anagrams

• -saur, Sura, USRA, 'saur, sura, USAR, Ruas, URAs, saur

Galician

asur

Noun

asur m (plural asures)

1. lapis lazuli (blue gem)

   Synonym: lapislázuli

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “asur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Iban

Verb

asur

1. to push

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew אסור (asur).

Adjective

asur (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אסור)

1. prohibited (by religious law)

Antonyms

• mutar

Further reading

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “asur”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “asúr”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 64
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “asur”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 47

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English asure, from Old French azur, in turn borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), borrowed from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈasɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈasɪr/
• Rhymes: -asɨ̞r

Adjective

asur (feminine singular asur, plural asur, not comparable)

1. azure

Derived terms

• asurfaen (“lapis lazuli”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of asur

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
asur	unchanged	unchanged	hasur

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “asur”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies