jara

See also: Jara, Jára, jar'ã, jará, jarą, and јара

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjara]

Noun

jara

1. inflection of jaro:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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Esperanto

Etymology

From jaro (“year”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈjara]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: jar‧a

Adjective

jara (accusative singular jaran, plural jaraj, accusative plural jarajn)

1. annual

Derived terms

• duonjara

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Laboya

Noun

jara

1. horse

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “jara”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 32

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Lindu

Noun

jara

1. horse

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjara/

Adjective

jara

1. feminine nominative singular of jary

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaː.ra/

Verb

jara

1. third-person singular imperfect of ra

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erǭ (“fight”).

Noun

jara f (genitive jara)

1. (poetic, heiti) fight, battle

Declension

  Declension of jara (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jara	jaran	jǫrur	jǫrurnar
accusative	jǫru	jǫruna	jǫrur	jǫrurnar
dative	jǫru	jǫrunni	jǫrum	jǫrunum
genitive	jǫru	jǫrunnar	jarna	jarnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: jara f

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ja‧ra

Adjective

jara

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of jary

Verb

jara

1. third-person singular present of jarać

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâra/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ra
• Rhymes: -âra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jara (“spring”).

Alternative forms

• jȃr

Noun

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

1. (archaic) spring (season)

   Synonym: pròljeće/pròleće

2. barley sown in summer

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“anger”).

Alternative forms

• jȃr

Noun

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

1. great heat, often from an oven or furnace

   Synonym: vrućìna

2. vehemence, intensity, ferocity

   Synonym: žestìna

Etymology 3

Probably from ahar, from Ottoman Turkish آخور (modern Turkish ahır), from Persian آخور (“stable”).

Noun

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

1. winter stabling for cattle

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Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic شَعْرَاء (šaʕrāʔ), whose original meaning of 'hairy' extended to refer to places covered in vegetation (vd. Latin comātus for an analogous process), from شَعْر (šaʕr, “hair, fur, bristle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾa/ [ˈxa.ɾa]

Noun

jara f (plural jaras)

1. rockrose (plant in the genus Cistus or the genus )
2. a pointed stick that has been hardened by fire, and can be used as a projectile weapon

Adjective

jara

1. feminine singular of jaro

Further reading

• “jara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014