asur

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

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hindi असुर (asur).

Noun

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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

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From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).

Adjective

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asur (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of assur

Etymology 3

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Noun

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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

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Galician

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asur

Noun

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asur m (plural asures)

  1. lapis lazuli (blue gem)
    Synonym: lapislázuli

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Iban

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Verb

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asur

  1. to push

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Hebrew אסור (asur).

Adjective

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asur (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אסור)

  1. prohibited (by religious law)

Antonyms

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. azure

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
asur unchanged unchanged hasur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

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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

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  • 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