saar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saar"

English

Noun

saar

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	nom.
	gen.	saare
genitive			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	nom.
	gen.	saare
genitive			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