jara

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

Cypriot Arabic[edit]

Root
j-r-y
6 terms

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic جَرَى (jarā). Doublet of jiri.

Verb[edit]

jara I (present pkyijra)

  1. to happen

References[edit]

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 186

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

jara

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

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From jaro (“year”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. annual
  2. (in combination) year(s) old
    • 1915, The Esperanto Monthly, page 9:
      Mi ankaŭ lernas Esperanton kvankam mi estas dek unu jara.
      I also learn Esperanto although I am 11 years old.
      (Translation from the same page.)
    • 1923, British Esperantist, page 1:
      Kiam ŝi estis du-dek-unu-jara, ŝi edziniĝis kun sia kuzo Albert.
      When she was 21 years old, she married her cousin Albert.
    • 1949, Henriette Roland Holst, translated by Bas Wels, Roza Luksemburg: Ŝiaj Vivo kaj Laboro, Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, page 13:
      Kiel 8-jara infano Roza komencas la studadon en la gimnazio; estante 17-jara, ŝi forlasos ĝin.
      As an 8-year-old child, Roza begins studying at secondary school; at 17 years old, she will leave.
    • 2013, Louis Couperus, translated by Gerrit Berveling, Pri maljunuloj, la aĵoj, kiuj pasas… (Serio Oriento-Okcidento; number 49), New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
      – Mi? Ĉu MI juna? – Jes, infano, ĉu vi ne junas…? – Sed, sinjoro Takma, mi jam estas sekdek-jara! – Ĉu vi jam estas sesdek-jara…? Ĉu vi jam estas sesdek-jara…? Infano! Ĉu vi jam estas sesdek-jara? – La maljuna viro serĉis, baraktante kontraŭ subite emergiĝanta malklareco en sia memoro, kiu obtuziĝis kvazaŭ nebulo. – Ne, vi devas erari… Vi ne povas esti jam sesdek-jara…
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2019, Begoña Paz, translated by Suso Moinhos, La vundo, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, page 47:
      Apud ĝi, kvar-kvin-jara infano ludis per la akvo.
      Next to it, a 4- to 5-year-old child played with the water.
    • 2020, Gérard Lecarpentier, Piaj malprudaĵoj … kaj aliaj rakontoj, Eldonejo Libera, →ISBN, page 91:
      Cetere, kun Karlo, 11-jara, kaj Klara, 10-jara, vi povos babili!
      Besides, we will be able to chat with 11-year-old Karlo and 10-year-old Klara!
    • 2021, Margaret Marshall Saunders, edited by Wallace George du Temple, Bela Joe, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13:
      Mi estis tiam unu-jara kaj plene kreskinta hundo.
      I was a 1-year-old and fully grown dog then.

Derived terms[edit]

Karaim[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *jara.

Noun[edit]

jara

  1. wound

References[edit]

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “jara”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kayardild[edit]

Noun[edit]

jara

  1. foot
  2. footprint
  3. rain

Laboya[edit]

Noun[edit]

jara

  1. horse

References[edit]

  • 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

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

jara

  1. horse

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

jara

  1. feminine nominative singular of jary

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

jara

  1. third-person singular imperfect of ra

Mokilese[edit]

Verb[edit]

jara

  1. (intransitive) to open one's mouth

References[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *erǭ (“fight”).

Noun[edit]

jara f (genitive jara)

  1. (poetic, heiti) fight, battle

Declension[edit]

  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[edit]

  • Icelandic: jara f

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Adjective[edit]

jara

  1. old, decrepit
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎[1], page 192:
      සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.
      Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
      Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.

Declension[edit]

Declension table of "jara" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)jarojarā
Accusative (second)jaraṃjare
Instrumental (third)jarenajarehi or jarebhi
Dative (fourth)jarassa or jarāya or jaratthaṃjarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)jarasmā or jaramhā or jarājarehi or jarebhi
Genitive (sixth)jarassajarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)jarasmiṃ or jaramhi or jarejaresu
Vocative (calling)jarajarā
Declension table of "jarā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)jarājarāyo or jarā
Accusative (second)jaraṃjarāyo or jarā
Instrumental (third)jarāyajarāhi or jarābhi
Dative (fourth)jarāyajarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)jarāyajarāhi or jarābhi
Genitive (sixth)jarāyajarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)jarāya or jarāyaṃjarāsu
Vocative (calling)jarejarāyo or jarā
Declension table of "jara" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)jaraṃjarāni
Accusative (second)jaraṃjarāni
Instrumental (third)jarenajarehi or jarebhi
Dative (fourth)jarassa or jarāya or jaratthaṃjarānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)jarasmā or jaramhā or jarājarehi or jarebhi
Genitive (sixth)jarassajarānaṃ
Locative (seventh)jarasmiṃ or jaramhi or jarejaresu
Vocative (calling)jarajarāni

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

jara

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of jary

Verb[edit]

jara

  1. third-person singular present of jarać

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

  1. (archaic) spring (season)
    Synonym: pròljeće/pròleće
  2. barley sown in summer

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

  1. great heat, often from an oven or furnace
    Synonym: vrućìna
  2. vehemence, intensity, ferocity
    Synonym: žestìna

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

  1. winter stabling for cattle

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈxaɾa/ [ˈxa.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ja‧ra

Noun[edit]

jara f (plural jaras)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

jara

  1. feminine singular of jaro

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

jara c

  1. (slang) a cigarette
    Synonym: cigg

Declension[edit]

Declension of jara 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative jara jaran jaras jarasarna
Genitive jaras jarans jaras jarasarnas

References[edit]

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