شيار

See also: شبار‎, سبار‎, سيار‎, سنار‎, شنار‎, and شناز‎

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ش و ر‎ (š-w-r)

Adjective

شِيَار • (šiyār) pl

  1. inflection of شَيِّر‎ (šayyir):
    1. masculine plural
    2. feminine plural

Noun

شِيَار • (šiyār) m

  1. form, exterior
  2. beauty; adornment
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly a euphemism from the “beauty” word above avoiding the name of a god and planet after which the day was named.

Proper noun

شِيَار • (šiyār) m

  1. (obsolete) Saturday
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  • Fischer, August (1896), “Die altarabischen Namen der sieben Wochentage”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, pages 220–226
  • Hommel, Fritz (1893) Süd-Arabische Chrestomathie. Minäo-sabäische Grammatik. – Bibliographie. – Minäische Inschriften nebst Glossar‎ (in German), München: G. Franz’sche Hofbuchhandlung, page 57
  • Rotter, Gernot (1993), “Der dies veneris im vorislamischen Mekka, eine neue Deutung des Namens „Europa“ und eine Erklärung für kobar = Venus”, in Der Islam‎ (in German), volume 70, issue 1, →DOI, page 116
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