ahir

See also: Ahir and ahır

Catalan

Etymology

From a (“to”) + Old Catalan hir, from Latin herī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [aˈi]

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Adverb

ahir

1. yesterday

See also

• avui
• demà

Further reading

• “ahir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ahir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ahar, ehir

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ.

Noun

ahir f

1. (botany) ear (of corn)

Descendants

• Middle High German: eher, äher
  • Alemannic German: Äli
  • Central Franconian: Ohr, Öhr, Ähr, Ähjer, Iehr
    • Luxembourgish: Éi
  • German: Ähre, Äher n, Eher n, Ehre f (obsolete)
  • Vilamovian: yjer

Old Saxon

Noun

ahir n

1. alternative form of ahar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آخر (âhir), from Arabic آخِر (ʔāḵir).

Adjective

ahir

1. (archaic) last
2. (archaic) next