Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jarъ (spring).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ја̑р m (Latin spelling jȃr)

  1. (archaic) spring
  2. swelter, intense heat (also figuratively)

Quotations edit

Southern Altai edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Turkic *jār (steep bank, shore).

Cognate with Kazakh жар (jar, steep bank), Kumyk яр (yar, rock, cliff), Uyghur يار (yar, steep bank; cliff, ravine), Khakas чар (çar, bank, shore), Turkish yar (cliff), Yakut сыыр (sıır, hill), Chuvash ҫыр (śyr), etc.

Noun edit

јар (ǰar)

  1. bank, shore, coast, beach

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Turkic *jar (order; announcement; law, justice).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jar, order, instruction); Kazakh жар (jar, herald's message), Kyrgyz жар (jar, herald's message), Tuvan чар (çar, announcement), etc.

Noun edit

јар (ǰar)

  1. order

References edit

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN