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lazar

/ˈleɪzə/LAY-zur
/ˈleɪzɚ/LAY-zur

MeaningLazarus

Common meaning: old term for a person with leprosy

Journey through time

  1. GreekLazaros‘Lazarus’source
  2. Hebrewmeaning shiftsLazarus → God has helpedEleazar‘God has helped’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsGod has helped → person with leprosyLazare‘person with leprosy’source
  4. Englishlazar‘old term for a person with leprosy’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek Lazaros ‘Lazarus’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry LAZAR, p. 325 · dictionary scan

Roots

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