пара

Belarusian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish para, from Middle High German pâr, from Latin pār (“equal”).

Noun

па́ра • (pára) f inan (genitive па́ры, nominative plural па́ры, genitive plural пар)

1. couple, pair
   • 1910, Якуб Колас, Сялянская доля, Minsk: Беларускае дзяржаўнае выдавецтва, published 1928, page 191:

     Над гарбо́м зямлі пасты́лай, над прасьце́цкаю магілай па́ра вы́расьце бяро́з.

     Nad harbóm zjamli pastýlaj, nad prasʹcjéckaju mahilaj pára výrasʹcje bjaróz.

     A couple of birches will grow above the hump of cold soil, above a simple tomb.

Declension

Etymology 2

• Common Slavic Russian пар (par), Ukrainian па́ра (pára, literally “steam field, evaporation”), Old Church Slavonic пара (para, literally “evaporation”), Polish para, Czech pára, Slovak para, Serbo-Croatian па̏ра, Slovene pȃra, Bulgarian па́ра (pára). Related with прэць through alternation. Compare with па́рыць.

Noun

па́ра • (pára) f inan (genitive па́ры, uncountable)

1. steam, vapour
   • 1927, Язэп Лёсік, Мядзьведзь, Mensk, Беларускае дзяржаўнае выдавецтва, page 182:

     Засыпа́е бярло́гу сьне́гам, і то́лькі праз невялікую шчы́ліну ідзе́ па́ра ад мядзьве́джага дыха́ньня, і гэ́так сьпіць ён да вясны́.

     Zasypáje bjarlóhu sʹnjéham, i tólʹki praz njevjalikuju ščýlinu idzjé pára ad mjadzʹvjédžaha dyxánʹnja, i hétak sʹpicʹ jon da vjasný.

     Snow is covering the den, and only the vapour of bear's breathing is coming through a small chink, this way he will sleep until spring.

Declension

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly related to ‑пор (see напор, упор), which is related to пярэць, пру. Some relate to Greek πορεῖν, aorist ἔπορον. Miklashich also points to Russian dialectic пора́ (a prop for a haysack).

Noun

пара́ • (pará) f inan (genitive пары́, nominative plural по́ры, genitive plural пор)

1. times, time, season, period
   • 1914, Алесь Гарун, Браты! Дакуль мы будзем спаць?, Minsk: Мастацкая літаратура, pages ?:

     …ці не пара́ ўжо ўстаць — Да пра́цы ўзя́цца што ёсць сілы?!

     …ci nje pará ŭžo ŭstacʹ — Da prácy ŭzjácca što joscʹ sily?!

     Isn't it time to stand up and start working with all the power?

Declension

References

• “пара” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “пара”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 324

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: па‧ра

Noun

па́ра • (pára) f

1. steam
2. vapor

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: па‧ра

Noun

пара́ • (pará) f

1. (obsolete) para (the smallest Turkish coin, worth ¹⁄₄₀ of a kuruş)
2. (colloquial, figurative) penny, cent (insignificant amount of money)

   пет пари не давам ― pet pari ne davam ― I don't give a damn (literally, “I don't give five cents”)

3. coin

   Synonym: моне́та (monéta)

4. (usually in the plural) money

Declension

References

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

Anagrams

• арап (arap)

Karaim

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

пара • (para)

1. money.

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “пара”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kazakh

Etymology

From Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

пара • (para)

1. bribe

Declension

Derived terms

• парақор (paraqor), парақорлық (paraqorlyq)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -aɾa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (para) (Turkish para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Noun

пара • (para) f (plural пари, relational adjective паричен, diminutive париче or паричка)

1. unit of money or physical manifestation of money (banknote, coin, etc.)
2. (historical) para (former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions)

Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Noun

пара • (para) f (plural пари, relational adjective парен)

1. steam, vapor

   Synonym: пареа f (parea)

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

пара • (para) third-singular present, impf (perfective распара)

1. (transitive) to unsew, unstitch

Conjugation

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *parə, from Proto-Uralic *para.

Adjective

пара • (para)

1. good

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *pare, compare Manchu ᡶᠠᡵᠠ (fara).

Noun

пара (para)

1. sleigh; sledge

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -arə

Etymology 1

From Polish para, from Middle High German pâr (German Paar), from Latin pār.

Noun

па́ра • (pára) f inan (genitive па́ры, nominative plural па́ры, genitive plural пар, relational adjective па́рный, diminutive па́рочка)

1. pair, couple
2. the other, second object associated with another to form a pair; the fellow of an object in a set of two

   па́ра э́той перча́тке ― pára étoj perčátke ― the other glove ; this glove's fellow

3. (informal) equal, match, equivalent
4. (informal) a few, not many
5. (informal) two, around two
6. two-hour lecture (e.g. for a university or college class)
7. (clothing, now rare) suit
   • 1969, Булгаков, chapter 1, in Мастер и Маргарита:

     Первый из них, одетый в летнюю серенькую пару

     Pervyj iz nix, odetyj v letnjuju serenʹkuju paru

     The first of them, dressed in a gray summer suit

8. (mark) two (out of five), poor; D mark, D grade

   Synonyms: дво́йка (dvójka), двоя́к (dvoják), неудовлетвори́тельно (neudovletvorítelʹno), не́уд (néud), два ба́лла (dva bálla), два (dva)

Declension

Synonyms

• костю́м (kostjúm), фра́чная па́ра (fráčnaja pára)

Related terms

Descendants

• → Yakut: паара (paara, “pair, couple”)

See also

Poker hands in Russian · по́керные руки́ (pókernyje rukí) (layout · text)
ста́ршая ка́рта (stáršaja kárta), кикер (kiker)	па́ра (pára)	две па́ры (dve páry), допер (doper)	сет (sɛt), трипс (trips), тро́йка (trójka)	стрейт (strɛjt)
флеш (flɛš)	фулл-ха́ус (full-xáus), ло́дка (lódka)	каре́ (karɛ́), четвёрка (četvjórka)	стре́йт-фле́ш (strɛ́jt-flɛ́š)	фле́ш-роя́ль (flɛ́š-rojálʹ)

Etymology 2

Noun

па́ра • (pára) m inan

1. genitive singular of пар (par)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâra/
• Hyphenation: па‧ра
• Rhymes: -âra

Noun

па̏ра f (Latin spelling pȁra)

1. steam
2. vapor

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎra/
• Hyphenation: па‧ра

Noun

па̀ра f (Latin spelling pàra)

1. para (Yugoslav currency)
2. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) money

Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Noun

па́ра • (pára) f inan (genitive па́ри, nominative plural пари́, genitive plural парі́х)

1. steam; vapor

   Synonym: пар (par)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Polish para.

Noun

па́ра • (pára) f inan (genitive па́ри, nominative plural па́ри, genitive plural пар)

1. pair, couple
2. (informal) two-hour lecture (e.g. for a university or college class)

   Synonym: лекці́йна па́ра (lekcíjna pára)

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пара”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пара”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пара”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries