жар

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žarъ m, *žarь f.

Pronunciation

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Noun

жар (žarm inan (genitive жа́ру, uncountable)

  1. embers

Declension

References

  • жар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Жар

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žarъ m, *žarь f.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

жар (žarm (relational adjective жа́рък or жа́ров)

  1. blaze, zest
  2. glow (emitted by hot object)

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Noun

жар (žarf (relational adjective жа́рен)

  1. ember
  2. blazing heat (condition of extreme hotness)

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Derived terms

References

  • жар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جار
Cyrillic жар
Latin jar
Yañalif çar

Etymology 1

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

Noun

жар (jar)

  1. cliff

Etymology 2

Noun

жар (jar)

  1. call, appeal

Etymology 3

From Persian یار (yâr).

Noun

жар (jar)

  1. wife
  2. patron, supporter
Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žarъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

жар (žarm or f (plural жарови or жарје, relational adjective жарок, diminutive жарче)

  1. ember

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(Feminine declension)

Derived terms

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠵᠢᠷᠠ
(ǰira)
жар
(žar)
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    Cardinal: жар (žar)
    Attributive: жаран (žaran)
    Ordinal: жардугаар (žardugaar), жар дахь (žar daxʹ)
    Adverbial: жарантаа (žarantaa)
    Approximative: жараад (žaraad)
    Collective: жаруул (žaruul)
    Maximative: жараар (žaraar)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ǰiran. Related to Mongolian зургаа (zurgaa, six) and Proto-Mongolic *ǰirguxan, suggesting a root of *ǰïr + decade suffix "-An", such as Proto-Mongolic *yeren (ninety) and Proto-Mongolic *nayan (eighty).

Pronunciation

Numeral

жар (žar)

  1. sixty

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žārъ, perhaps together with жара́ (žará) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰēr- (heat, root noun),[1] from *gʷʰer- (heat, hot).

Pronunciation

Noun

жар (žarm inan (genitive жа́ра, uncountable, diminutive жаро́к)

  1. heat
  2. ardour
  3. fever, high temperature
    • 1902, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], chapter I, in Архиерей; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Bishop, 1919:
      — Не спи́тся мне, — сказа́л преосвяще́нный, садя́сь. — Нездоро́в я, должно́ быть. И что оно́ тако́е? не зна́ю. Жар!
      — Ne spítsja mne, — skazál preosvjaščénnyj, sadjásʹ. — Nezdoróv ja, dolžnó bytʹ. I što onó takóje? ne znáju. Žar!
      "I can't sleep," said the bishop, sitting up. "I must be unwell. And what it is I don't know. Fever!"
  4. embers

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: žaaru
  • Kildin Sami: жоарр (žårr)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žarъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žarъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

жа̑р m (Latin spelling žȃr)

  1. fervor, ardor
  2. ember

Declension