saar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saar"

English

Noun

saar (plural saars)

1. (India) Pronunciation spelling of sir.
   • 1979, Indira Parthasarathy, translated by Ka. Naa. Subramanyam, River of Blood (Kuruthipunal), 2nd edition, New Delhi: Wikas Publishing House, page 17:

     The server did not look at him but watching the outer door he asked him "What do you want saar?"

   • 1997, Shashi Tharoor, “Scheduled Castes, Unscheduled Change”, in India: From Midnight to the Millennium, New York: Arcade Publishing, published 2006, →ISBN, page 100:

     "Yes saar. Yes, saar." he said, perspiring. "No saar. Not long. Yes, saar. At once, saar."

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *saari.

Noun

saar (genitive saare, partitive saart)

1. island (an area of land totally surrounded by water)

Declension

Declension of saar (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	saar	saared
accusative	saare	saared
genitive	saare	saarte
partitive	saart	saari
illative	saarde saaresse	saartesse saarisse
inessive	saares	saartes saaris
elative	saarest	saartest saarist
allative	saarele	saartele saarile
adessive	saarel	saartel saaril
ablative	saarelt	saartelt saarilt
translative	saareks	saarteks saariks
terminative	saareni	saarteni
essive	saarena	saartena
abessive	saareta	saarteta
comitative	saarega	saartega

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *sarni. Cognate to Finnish saarni and Eastern Mari шертне (šertńe, “willow”).

Noun

saar (genitive saare, partitive saart)

1. ash (tree)

Declension

Declension of saar (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	saar	saared
accusative	saare	saared
genitive	saare	saarte
partitive	saart	saari
illative	saarde saaresse	saartesse saarisse
inessive	saares	saartes saaris
elative	saarest	saartest saarist
allative	saarele	saartele saarile
adessive	saarel	saartel saaril
ablative	saarelt	saartelt saarilt
translative	saareks	saarteks saariks
terminative	saareni	saarteni
essive	saarena	saartena
abessive	saareta	saarteta
comitative	saarega	saartega

Anagrams

• aras
• raas
• sara

Latvian

Verb

saar

1. inflection of saart:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of saart
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of saart

Old Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sár.

Noun

saar n

1. wound

Descendants

• Danish: sår

Somali

Verb

saar

1. put, place