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Zar vs Mar - What's the difference?

zar | mar |

As nouns the difference between zar and mar

is that zar is a religious custom in parts of Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a spirit while mar is a small lake.

As a verb mar is

to spoil, to damage.

As a proper noun Mar is

alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.

zar

English

Alternative forms

* zaar

Noun

(-)
  • A religious custom in parts of Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a spirit.
    • ----

    mar

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (marr)
  • To spoil, to damage.
  • * Dryden
    • But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
  • * Milton
    • Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small lake.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l), (l) * (l) ----