yar
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /jɑɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - 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
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.
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
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
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nominative | yar |
yarlar | ||||||
definite accusative | yarı |
yarları | ||||||
dative | yara |
yarlara | ||||||
locative | yarda |
yarlarda | ||||||
ablative | yardan |
yarlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | yarın |
yarların |
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
Old Cornish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *yarā.
Noun edit
yar
Descendants edit
- Cornish: yar
Somali edit
Etymology edit
Compare Hausa [script needed] (yārṑ, “boy”).
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
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
yar
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarler)
- Alternative spelling of yâr
References edit
Yola edit
Contraction edit
yar
- Alternative form of y'art
- 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
- Y'ar welcome hartille, yar welcome, joyes.
- [You're welcome heartily, you're welcome, joys.]
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 130