n. pl. Hazara or Ha·zar·as A member of a Dari-speaking, predominantly Shiite people of central Afghanistan. [Persian hazāra, from hazār, thousand, troop of a thousand soldiers, from Middle Persian, thousand, from Old Iranian *hazahram; see gheslo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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