yar
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /jɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
- (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
Etymology 2[edit]
Origin uncertain.
Adjective[edit]
yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
- 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
- The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
- 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
- My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.
- 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
- Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.
- 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
- (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
- (dated) friend
- (dated) helper
- Allah yar olsun! (idiomatic) ― Godspeed! (literally, “may God be the helper”)
Declension[edit]
Breton[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).
Noun[edit]
yar f (plural yer)
Cornish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Cornish yar, from Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).
Noun[edit]
yar f (plural yer)
Derived terms[edit]
Kalasha[edit]
Noun[edit]
yar
Synonyms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Determiner[edit]
yar
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir
Somali[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yar
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Jahr (“year”).
Noun[edit]
yar
- year
- Synonym: yia
- Pleiades
- a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)
References[edit]
- Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, →ISBN, page 110
- Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 123
Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish یار (yar, “precipice”), from Proto-Turkic *yār (“precipice, steep bank”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yār, “steep slope”).[1] More at яр.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
Declension[edit]
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Nominative | yar | yarlar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | yarı | yarları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | yara | yarlara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | yarda | yarlarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | yardan | yarlardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | yarın | yarların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
yar
- imperative of yarmak
Etymology 3[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish یار (yār, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian یار (yâr).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)
Declension[edit]
- Before consonantal endings, the stem vowel is pronounced short and the endings themselves have back vowels. In the accusative, dative, and genitive singular, the stem vowel is pronounced long and the endings accordingly take front vowels. The declension is thus irregular:
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/1 syllable
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- en:Nautical
- Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Persian
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- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
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- Azerbaijani dated terms
- Azerbaijani terms with usage examples
- Breton terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Breton lemmas
- Breton nouns
- Breton feminine nouns
- br:Poultry
- Cornish terms inherited from Old Cornish
- Cornish terms derived from Old Cornish
- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish nouns
- Cornish feminine nouns
- kw:Poultry
- Kalasha lemmas
- Kalasha nouns
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- Middle English determiners
- Northern Middle English
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- Tok Pisin terms borrowed from German
- Tok Pisin terms derived from German
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- tpi:Time
- tpi:Constellations
- tpi:Trees
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
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