yar

See also: þar, y ar, yar-, yär-, 'yar, and ƴar

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jɑɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

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

• yarr

Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

1. (Britain dialectal) Sour; brackish.

Derived terms

• yarrish

Etymology 3

From Old English gearu (“ready”), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Alternative forms

• yare

Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• yare

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, γ ray, γ-ray

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. hen

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. chicken, hen

Derived terms

• kig yar
• krow yer
• mabyar
• yar Gyni
• yerji

 

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Kalasha

Noun

yar

1. friend

Synonyms

• dus
• dust
• malgiri
• raphek
• yardus

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Middle English

Determiner

yar

1. (chiefly Northern dialectal) Alternative form of þeir

References

• “their(e, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 June 2018.

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Somali

Adjective

yar

1. small

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Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish يار‎ (yar, “precipice”), from Old Turkic yār ("steep slope"), from Proto-Turkic *jạ̄r (“precipice, steep bank”). More at яр.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaɾ/

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Noun

yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)

1. cliff, scarp, precipice

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yar
Definite accusative	yarı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yar	yarlar
Definite accusative	yarı	yarları
Dative	yara	yarlara
Locative	yarda	yarlarda
Ablative	yardan	yarlardan
Genitive	yarın	yarların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular yarım yarlarım 2nd singular yarın yarların 3rd singular yarı yarları 1st plural yarımız yarlarımız 2nd plural yarınız yarlarınız 3rd plural yarları yarları

Synonyms

• uçurum

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaɾ/

• audio:

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Verb

yar

1. imperative of yarmak

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish يار‎ (yār, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian یار‎ (yâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaːɾ/

• audio:

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Noun

yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)

1. beloved; lover
2. friend

Declension

• 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:

Singular: nom. yar — acc. yari — dat. yare — loc. yarda — abl. yardan — gen. yarin

Plural: nom. yarlar — acc. yarları — dat. yarlara — loc. yarlarda — abl. yarlardan — gen. yarların