Zar may refer to:

Places

  • Zar, Armenia
  • Zar, Azerbaijan
  • Žár, Czech Republic
  • Zar, Iran, in Markazi Province
  • Zeraq, or Zar, Hamadan Province, Iran
  • Żar, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
  • Żar (mountain), in Poland
  • Žar Mountain, a mountain range in Kosovo

People

Surname

  • Chet Zar (born 1967), American artist; son of James Zar
  • Heather Zar (born ?), South African pediatrician, respiratory specialist, writer, and professor
  • Ibn Abi Zar (died between 1310 and 1320), Moroccan historian and poet; presumed author of the medieval history of Morocco, Rawd al-Qirtas
  • James Zar (1941–2015), American artist; father of Chet Zar
  • Jerrold Zar (1941–2026), American biologist and academic
  • Lwi Zar (born 1976), Burmese politician
  • Mordechai Zar (1914–1982), Israeli politician
  • Moshe Zar (1937–2025), Israeli religious Zionist, settlement leader, and convicted terrorist
  • Paul Zar (born 1967), American bobsledder and Olympic competitor
  • Pe Thein Zar (1943–2018), Burmese-born Australian student leader, lawyer, revolutionary and freedom fighter, and writer
  • Rose Zar (1922–2001), Polish Holocaust survivor, human rights activist, and author
  • Sarah Zar (born ?), American visual and performance artist, musician, songwriter, and writer

Given name

  • Zar Wali Khan (1953–2020), Pakistani Islamic scholar
  • Zar Gul Khan (fl. 2017), Pakistani politician
  • Zar Lawrence (born 1982), New Zealand rugby player
  • Zar Randeri (pen name of Bharucha Hasim bin Yusuf; 1887–?), Indian Gujarati poet and translator
  • Zar Zar Myint (born 1993), Burmese footballer
  • Zar Zari Zar Baksh (' AD 1400), Indian Sufi saint
  • Zarsanga (or Zar Sanga, born 1946), Pakistani Pashto folk singer

Other uses

  • Zār, or Zaar, a demon or spirit in the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East
  • Zar, a band featuring John Lawton
  • Zar, a fictional land in "The White Ship" by H. P. Lovecraft
  • South African Republic (Dutch: ')
  • Zar Points, a statistical method for evaluating hands in contract bridge
  • Rincón Zapotec, a language of Mexico, ISO 639-3 code zar
  • South African rand, the currency of South Africa, ISO 4217 code ZAR

See also

  • Zaar (disambiguation)
  • Żar (disambiguation)
  • Tsar (disambiguation)
  • Zar und Zimmermann, a comic opera