jaro

See also: Jaro, ĵaro, járó, and Járo

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jaro, from Proto-Slavic *jaro, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Cognate with English year, German Jahr (“year”), Latin hōra (“hour, time, season”), Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “year, season”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaro]

• Audio:

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Noun

jaro n

1. spring (season)

   Synonym: vesna

Declension

Declension of jaro (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	jaro	jara
genitive	jara	jar
dative	jaru	jarům
accusative	jaro	jara
vocative	jaro	jara
locative	jaru, jaře	jarech
instrumental	jarem	jary

Derived terms

• jarní

 

See also

Seasons in Czech · roční období (layout · text) · category
jaro (“spring”)	léto (“summer”)	podzim (“autumn”)	zima (“winter”)

Further reading

• jaro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• jaro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• jaro in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaro]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: ja‧ro

Noun

jaro (accusative singular jaron, plural jaroj, accusative plural jarojn)

1. year
   • 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the first World Congress of Esperanto.

     Kaj antaŭ kelke da jaroj mortis tiu persono, al kiu Esperanto ŝuldas multe.

     And several years ago that person, to whom Esperanto owes a great deal, passed away.

   • 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof‎^[1]:

     Kvankam neriĉa, li proponis anonime certan sumon por daŭrigi la gazeton dum tri jaroj.

     Although not rich, he proposed anonymously a certain sum for continuing the gazette for three years.

Meronyms

• monato
• sezono
• tago

Derived terms

• dekdujara (“twelve-year-old”, adjective)
• jarcento (“century”)
• jardeko (“decade”)
• jarmilo (“millennium”)
• lumjaro (“light year”)
• samjare (“in the same year”)

 

Descendants

• Ido: yaro

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ĵaro, English jar, French jarre, Italian giara, Spanish jarra, jarro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaro/, /ˈd͡ʒaro/

Noun

jaro (plural jari)

1. jar (container)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• जरो (Devanagari script)
• জরো (Bengali script)
• ජරො (Sinhalese script)
• ဇရော or ၹရေႃ (Burmese script)
• ชโร or ชะโร (Thai script)
• ᨩᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊໂຣ or ຊະໂຣ (Lao script)
• ជរោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

jaro

1. nominative singular masculine of jara (“old”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: ja‧ro

Noun

jaro m (plural jaros)

1. Alternative form of aro (arum plant)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾo/ [ˈxa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ja‧ro

Etymology 1

Adjective

jaro (feminine jara, masculine plural jaros, feminine plural jaras)

1. (of an animal, chiefly a pig) reddish, ruddy

Etymology 2

Noun

jaro m (plural jaros)

1. Alternative form of aro (arum lily)

Further reading

• “jaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014