عصر

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عصر^¹

/ʕa.sˤa.ra/

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Compare Aramaic עצר (“to squeeze, press”).

verb عَصَرَ · ʕaṣara · يَعْصِرُ · يَعْصُرُ · عَصْر

to press, to squeeze, to wring
to extract juice from, to juice

عصر^²

/ʕasˤ.sˤa.ra/

verb عَصَّرَ · ʕaṣṣara · يُعَصِّرُ · تَعْصِير · مُعَصِّر

to modernize, revamp, to renovate, to fit to the age

عصر^³

/ʕasˤr/
/ʕisˤr/
/ʕusˤr/
/ʕu.sˤur/

noun عَصْر · عِصْر · عُصْر · عُصُر · ʕaṣr · ʕiṣr

period of time; season; age, century, era; reign
late afternoon
Similar: أَصِيل
abbreviation, ellipsis ellipsis of صَلَاة الْعَصْر (ṣalā(t) al-ʕaṣr, “late afternoon prayer”)
Similar: أَصِيل

عصر^⁴

/ʕasˤr/

noun عَصْر · ʕaṣr · الْعَصْر · عَصْرٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of عَصَرَ (ʕaṣara) (form I)

عصر^⁵

/ʕu.sˤur/

noun عُصُر · ʕuṣur

plural plural of عُصُر (ʕuṣur), عَصْر (ʕaṣr), عِصْر (ʕiṣr), and عُصْر (ʕuṣr)

In English

century period of 100 years
time extended period of time, defined or undefined: age, era, etc. — see also era, ep
age particular period of time in history
era time period
squeeze to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
afternoon part of the day between noon and evening
period history: period of time seen as coherent entity
epoch particular period of history
revamp to improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something)
asr afternoon prayer

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عصر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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