aar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aar" and år

Translingual

Symbol

aar

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Afar.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From dialectal Dutch aar, syncopic form of ader, from Middle Dutch adere, from Old Dutch *āthara, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō.

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Noun

aar (plural are, diminutive aartjie)

1. vein (blood vessel)

   Die bloed het in my are gevries toe ek daardie skreeu hoor.

   The blood ran cold in my veins when I heard that scream.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːr/

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• Hyphenation: aar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âer, from Old Dutch *ār, from Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz.

Noun

aar f (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. ear (of corn, grain etc.)

Derived terms

• korenaar

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch āer.

Noun

aar m (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. (archaic) eagle

Synonyms

• arend, adelaar

Etymology 3

Noun

aar f (plural aren, diminutive aartje n)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ader.

Gagauz

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (agır), from Proto-Turkic *āgır, *iagɨr.

Adjective

aar (comparative daha aar, superlative en aar)

1. heavy

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aar n (definite singular aaret or aare, indefinite plural aar, definite plural aari)

1. (non-standard since 1917) Obsolete spelling of år

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *jērą.

Noun

aar n (nominative plural aar)

1. year
   • 13th century, Henrik Harpestræng, "Quomodo temperertur salsum dominorum et quam diu durat.", An Early Northern Cookery Book, 7.

     Thæt ær hærræ salsæ, oc ær goth et halft aar.

     This is a lordly sauce, and it is good for half a year.

Descendants

• Danish: år

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaːr/

Etymology 1

Verb

aar

1. to wash a piece of linen for the first time

Etymology 2

Verb

aar

1. to protect, to defend

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English are (“their”), from Old English heora, hira, genitive of hīe (“they”).

Alternative forms

• 'ar

Determiner

aar

1. their

Derived terms

• w'aare

Etymology 2

From Middle English thare, from Old English þār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār.

Alternative forms

• thar, th'ar, thaar, thaare, thoare

Pronoun

aar

1. there

Derived terms

• aar's

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 21