minar

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English

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minar (plural minars)

  1. A minaret.
    • 1885, James Burgess, Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency, page 230:
      The barah-dari has six window places and two doorways, and is surmounted by four small minars.

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minar (first-person singular present mino, first-person singular preterite miní, past participle minat)

  1. to mine (to dig into, for ore or metal)
  2. to mine (to sow explosive mines)
  3. to undermine (to weaken or work against)
    Synonym: soscavar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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minar

  1. present of mina

Occitan

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Etymology

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From mina +‎ -ar.

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minar

  1. to mine

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: mi‧nar

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minar (first-person singular present mino, first-person singular preterite minei, past participle minado)

  1. to mine (to extract ore from the ground)
  2. (transitive) to mine (to place mines (device that explodes when touched or approached) in)
    Synonyms: explorar, minerar
  3. to undermine (to dig under something)
    Synonym: solapar
  4. (figurative) to undermine (to weaken or work against)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin mina (mine), from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, 100 drachmas).

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  • IPA(key): /miˈnaɾ/ [miˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mi‧nar

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minar (first-person singular present mino, first-person singular preterite miné, past participle minado)

  1. to sap, mine, dig tunnels under
  2. to mine, lay military land or marine mines
  3. (figuratively) to undermine, destroy (health, confidence, etc.)
  4. to wear away, erode

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