макар

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ar

Conjunction

мака́р • (makár)

1. (often followed by и (i)) albeit
2. (followed by да (da) or че (če)) although, though

   Synonym: въпреки че (vǎpreki če)

Anagrams

• марка (marka), карам (karam), рамка (ramka), карма (karma)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

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Adverb

макар • (makar) (not comparable)

1. at least

Conjunction

макар • (makar)

1. even if, regardless if

Russian

Alternative forms

• мака́ръ (makár) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Persian مکار (makkâr), from Arabic مَكَّار (makkār), from the root م ك ر (m-k-r).

Noun

мака́р • (makár) m anim (genitive мака́ра, nominative plural мака́ры, genitive plural мака́ров) (probably most obsolete)

1. (Ryazan) hypocrite, someone who applies concealment
2. (Siberia, Voronezh) buffoon, inadvertent person
3. (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) daydreamer, one who engages in remote thinking
4. (historical, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Moscow) co-tax-farmer

   Synonym: това́рищ по отку́пу (továrišč po otkúpu)

5. (historical, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Moscow) landlord, pubkeeper
6. (Vladimir Governorate) inveterate fisher

Declension

Noun

мака́р • (makár) m inan (genitive мака́ра, nominative plural мака́ры, genitive plural мака́ров) (originally a humorous term in Vladimir, Moscow, Morshansk, Kostromá, Irkutsk, Tula, standardized over the course of the Soviet area)

1. method, wise, fashion

   Synonyms: о́браз (óbraz), спо́соб (spósob), мане́р (manér), путь (putʹ)

   таки́м мака́ром

   takím makárom

   in this fashion

Declension

Etymology 2

Clipping of пистоле́т Мака́рова (pistolét Makárova).

Noun

мака́р • (makár) m inan (genitive мака́ра, nominative plural мака́ры, genitive plural мака́ров)

1. (slang) Makarov pistol

Declension

References

• Филин, Ф. П., editor (1981), “мака́р”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 17, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 307

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎkar/

Adverb

ма̀кар (Latin spelling màkar)

1. at least
2. even if, regardless

Synonyms

• (at least): ба̏р, ба̀рем, на̑јмање̄
• (even if, regardless): ча̏к и а̏ко, и̏ако