acar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "acar"

English

Etymology

From Malay/Indonesian acar. Doublet of achar, atchara, and atsara.

Noun

acar (countable and uncountable, plural acars)

1. A vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *atsara, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Old Irish aicher (“sharp, fierce, bitter”), Latin ācer (“pungent, acidic; sharp-minded”), Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “pointed, sharp; at the edge”), ἄκρον (ákron, “peak, sharp point, edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈt͡saɾ]

Noun

acar m (plural acare, definite acari, definite plural acaret)

1. bitter cold

   Synonyms: thëllim, cegëm, cikmëtirë, cingërimë

2. period of frost, coldness
3. (figurative) bitter, coarse, rough, brisk
4. dread
5. (figurative) astute, sharp-witted
6. (dated or regional) steel

Declension

Declension of acar

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	acar	acari	acare	acaret
accusative		acarin
dative	acari	acarit	acareve	acareve
ablative			acaresh

Adjective

acar (feminine acare)

1. exceedingly cold
2. clean, clear
3. neat (of a person's clothing, appearance)

Adverb

acar

1. neatly
2. rudely
3. thorny

Derived terms

• acari
• acarim
• acarimë
• acarohem
• acaroj
• acartë

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “acar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Ambonese Malay

Noun

acar

1. kind of dish made of fried vegetables

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• atjar (1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay acar, from Classical Malay اچر (acar), from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Doublet of acara, acarya, ajar, and hajar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃar/ [ˈa.t͡ʃar]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃar
• Syllabification: a‧car

Noun

acar (plural acar-acar)

1. (cooking) pickle, achar

Derived terms

• mengacar
• pengacaran

• acar berempah
• acar kulit
• acar kuning
• acar matang
• acar pulang ari

Further reading

• “acar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Noun

acar m (genitive singular acara)

1. alternative form of acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”)

Declension

Declension of acar (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative acar vocative a acar genitive acara dative acar forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-acar genitive an acara dative leis an acar don acar

Mutation

Mutated forms of acar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acar	n-acar	hacar	t-acar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “acar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kabyle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʃarˤ/

Verb

acar

1. alternative form of ččar

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ʃar/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃa]
  • (rhotic) IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃar]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃar, -ar
• Hyphenation: a‧car

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Doublet of acara and ajar.

Noun

acar (Jawi spelling اچر, plural acar-acar or acar²)

1. (cooking) A pickle or achar.

   Synonym: jeruk

Derived terms

• mengacar

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

acar (Jawi spelling اچر, plural acar-acar or acar²)

1. (Kedah) A place for disposing of kitchen waste.

   Synonyms: acaran, limbah

Further reading

• "acar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "acar" at PRPM first version)

Romanian

Etymology

From ac +‎ -ar, or possibly Latin ac(u)ārius. The final sense was based on French aiguilleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkar/

Noun

acar m (plural acari)

1. one who makes needles
2. a box with supplies for sewing, including needles, thread, etc.
3. (railways) switchman, pointsman

   Synonym: macagiu

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	acar	acarul	acari	acarii
genitive-dative	acar	acarului	acari	acarilor
vocative	acarule		acarilor

Further reading

• “acar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Simalungun Batak

Noun

acar

1. pickle

References

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 20.

Tarifit

Root
c-r‎ (stealing)
1 term

Alternative forms

• akar, aker

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Berber *ăʔḱər

Tarifit acar

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔḱər.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɛ.ʃa]
• Syllabification: a‧car
• Rhymes: -a

Verb

acar (verbal noun tucefra, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴰⵔ) (transitive)

1. to steal

Conjugation

Conjugation of acar

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle yacaren yucaren yuciren yettacaren yetticaren singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m acareɣ tacared yacar nacar tacarem acaren f tacar tacarent acarent perfective m ucareɣ tucared yucar nucar tucarem ucaren f tucar tucarent ucarent negative perfective m ucireɣ tucired yucir nucir tucirem uciren f tucir tucirent ucirent imperfective m ttacareɣ tettacared yettacar nettacar tettacarem ttacaren f tettacar tettacarent ttacarent negative imperfective m tticareɣ tetticared yetticar netticar tetticarem tticaren f tetticar tetticarent tticarent aorist imperative m acar acarem, acaret f acarent imperfective imperative m ttacar ttacarem, ttacaret f ttacarent injunctive m nacaret f nacarent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)