Jaro

See also: jaro, ĵaro, járó, and Járo

English

Proper noun

Jaro

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Jaro distance
• Jaro similarity
• Jaro-Winkler distance
• Jaro-Winkler similarity

Cebuano

Proper noun

Jaro

1. a surname
2. A municipality of Leyte
3. a district of Iloilo City

Czech

Etymology

From jaro (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaro]

Proper noun

Jaro m anim (female equivalent Jarová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Jaro (masculine animate in -o)

	singular	plural
nominative	Jaro	Jarové
genitive	Jara	Jarů
dative	Jarovi	Jarům
accusative	Jara	Jary
vocative	Jaro	Jarové
locative	Jarovi	Jarech
instrumental	Jarem	Jary

Further reading

• “Jaro”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• Járo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjaro/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjaro/

Proper noun

Jaro m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Jaro (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Jaro	Jařě	Jara
genitive	Jara	Jarú	Jar
dative	Jaru	Jaroma	Jaróm
accusative	Jaro	Jařě	Jara
vocative	Jaro	Jařě	Jara
locative	Jařě, Jaru	Jarú	Jařiech
instrumental	Jarem	Jaroma	Jary

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Jaro”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjarɔ]

Proper noun

Jaro m pers

1. a diminutive of the male given names Jarolím, Jaromír, or Jaroslav

Declension

Declension of Jaro

	singular	plural
nominative	Jaro	Jarovia
genitive	Jara	Jarov
dative	Jarovi	Jarom
accusative	Jara	Jarov
locative	Jarovi	Jaroch
instrumental	Jarom	Jarmi

Further reading

• “Jaroslav”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɾo/ [ˈhaː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: Ja‧ro

Proper noun

Jaro (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇᜓ)

1. several locations in the Philippines:
   1. A district of Iloilo
   2. A municipality of Leyte