यार

See also: यारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian یار (yâr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jɑːɾ/, [jäːɾ]

Noun

यार • (yār) m (Urdu spelling یار)

1. buddy, friend, pal, companion
2. (vocative, colloquial) bro, dude

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   यार, यह सब भूल जाओ और समझौता पूरा करो।

   yār, yah sab bhūl jāo aur samjhautā pūrā karo.

   Dude, just forget all this and finish the deal.

   Synonyms: दोस्त (dost), मित्र (mitra)

3. paramour, lover

Declension

Declension of यार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	यार yār	यार yār
oblique	यार yār	यारों yārõ
vocative	यार yār	यारो yāro

Descendants

• → English: yaar

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “yār”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Rajasthani

Etymology

From .

Noun

1. friend
2. companion
3. paramour
4. helper

References

• Bhanwar, Lal Suthar, Gahlot, Sukhveer Singh (1998) राजस्थानी-हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी कोश (in Hindi), Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press), page 279