"ζάρι" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈza.ɾi/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek ζάριν (zárin), from ἀζάριον (azárion), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Cognate with English hazard. Etymology templates: {{der|el|gkm|ζάριν}} Byzantine Greek ζάριν (zárin), {{der|el|ar|زهر|اَلزَّهْر|the dice|id=dice}} Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”), {{cog|en|hazard}} English hazard Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|ζάρια|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} ζάρι • (zári) n (plural ζάρια), {{el-noun|n|ζάρια}} ζάρι • (zári) n (plural ζάρια) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|ζάρι|ζάρια|ζαριού|ζαριών|ζάρι|ζάρια|ζάρι|ζάρια|note=}} Forms: zári [romanization], ζάρια [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ζάρι [nominative, singular], ζάρια [nominative, plural], ζαριού [genitive, singular], ζαριών [genitive, plural], ζάρι [accusative, singular], ζάρια [accusative, plural], ζάρι [singular, vocative], ζάρια [plural, vocative]
  1. (games) die, dice (polyhedron used in game of chance) Synonyms (game of chance): μπαρμπούτι (barmpoúti) [neuter]
    Sense id: en-ζάρι-el-noun-cBULtZLV Categories (other): Games, Greek nouns declining like 'κορίτσι' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κορίτσι': 52 48 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'game of chance': 86 14
  2. (games, in the plural, by extension) dicing, dice game (game in which the outcome is at least partly determined by dice) Tags: broadly, in-plural
    Sense id: en-ζάρι-el-noun-3IMll1fA Categories (other): Games, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'κορίτσι', Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'κορίτσι': 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ζαριά (zariá) (english: roll of the dice) [feminine]

Inflected forms

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          "english": "He rolled two dice that got him sixes.",
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          "english": "He lost his house playing dice.",
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