يار

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Gulf Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَار (jār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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يار (yārm (plural ييران (yīrān), feminine يارة (yāra))

  1. neighbour, neighbor

Uyghur

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Turkic *yār.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish yar, Southern Altai јар (ǰar).

Noun

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يار (yar) (plural يارلار (yarlar))

  1. precipice, cliff
  2. hole

Etymology 2

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From Persian یار (yâr)

Noun

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يار (yar) (plural يارلار (yarlar))

  1. friend, companion
  2. lover

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “2 ya:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 953
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạ̄r”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN