جار

See also: خار, حار, چار, and جاز

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج و ر (j-w-r).

Verb

1. to deviate, to stray
2. to commit an outrage, to wrong, to persecute, to oppress, to tyrannize
3. to encroach, to make inroads

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• جَارَرَ (jārara)
• جَاوَرَ (jāwara)

Verb

جَارَّ • (jārra) III (non-past يُجَارُّ (yujārru), verbal noun مُجَارَّة (mujārra))

1. to be in the neighborhood of, to live nextdoor to
2. to adjoin
3. to be in the vicinity, to be close to
4. to border

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːr/

Noun

جَار • (jār) m (plural جِيرَان (jīrān))

1. neighbor
2. refugee
3. protégé, charge

Declension

Declension of noun جَار (jār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَار jār	الْجَار al-jār	جَار jār
Nominative	جَارٌ jārun	الْجَارُ al-jāru	جَارُ jāru
Accusative	جَارًا jāran	الْجَارَ al-jāra	جَارَ jāra
Genitive	جَارٍ jārin	الْجَارِ al-jāri	جَارِ jāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَارَيْن jārayn	الْجَارَيْن al-jārayn	جَارَيْ jāray
Nominative	جَارَانِ jārāni	الْجَارَانِ al-jārāni	جَارَا jārā
Accusative	جَارَيْنِ jārayni	الْجَارَيْنِ al-jārayni	جَارَيْ jāray
Genitive	جَارَيْنِ jārayni	الْجَارَيْنِ al-jārayni	جَارَيْ jāray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِيرَان jīrān	الْجِيرَان al-jīrān	جِيرَان jīrān
Nominative	جِيرَانٌ jīrānun	الْجِيرَانُ al-jīrānu	جِيرَانُ jīrānu
Accusative	جِيرَانًا jīrānan	الْجِيرَانَ al-jīrāna	جِيرَانَ jīrāna
Genitive	جِيرَانٍ jīrānin	الْجِيرَانِ al-jīrāni	جِيرَانِ jīrāni

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: جار (gār)
• Gulf Arabic: يار (yār), جار (jār)
• Maltese: ġar
• Moroccan Arabic: جار (jār)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 231–232
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “جار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 322–323
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 438
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “جار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 173

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Central Kurdish

Noun

جار (car)

1. time (instance or occurrence)
2. instance

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Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَار (jār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑr/

Noun

جار • (jar) (plural جيران (jiran))

1. neighbour, neighbor

   Synonym: يار