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zara: Arabic → Italian · Lexodus

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zara

From Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). The "loss" meaning derives from the habit of game players to yell out the game's name whenever a losing number came out. Doublet of azzardo.

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1300

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.