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زِرّ
button /ˈzɪrr/
nounB1#1894 most common
Also: push button (on a device), bud (of a plant)
Example sentences
أَيْنَ الزِّرّ؟
Where is the button?
اِضْغَطْ عَلَى الزِّرّ.
Press the button.
سَقَطَ زِرّ مِنْ قَمِيصِي.
A button fell off my shirt.
هٰذَا الزِّرّ لَا يَعْمَلُ جَيِّدًا.
This button does not work well.
لِفَتْحِ الْبَابِ، اِضْغَطْ عَلَى الزِّرّ الْأَحْمَرِ لِثَلَاثِ ثَوَانٍ.
To open the door, press the red button for three seconds.
كَانَ يَكْفِي أَنْ يَضْغَطَ زِرًّا وَاحِدًا حَتَّى تَتَوَقَّفَ الْآلَةُ بِأَكْمَلِهَا عَنِ الْعَمَلِ.
It was enough for him to press a single button for the whole machine to stop working.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زِرٌّ | أَزْرَارٌ |
| Genitive | زِرٍّ | أَزْرَارٍ |
| Accusative | زِرًّا | أَزْرَارًا |
| Vocative | يَا زِرُّ | يَا أَزْرَارُ |
Word family
زَرَّto button, fasten
أَزْرَارbuttons (plural)
مِزْرَارbuttonhole, fastener
زِرَارbutton (colloquial variant)
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic triconsonantal root z-r-r, which carries the idea of buttoning or fastening. The same root produces the verb zarra, meaning to button up a garment. The sense later widened to cover any small knob or button pressed to operate a device.
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