яр

Bashkir

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: яр (one syllable)

Etymology 1

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

Cognate with Kazakh жар (jar, “steep bank”), Kyrgyz жар (jar), Uyghur يار (yar, “steep bank; cliff, ravine”), Khakas чар (çar, “bank, shore”), Turkish yar (“cliff”), Yakut сыыр (sıır, “hill”), Chuvash ҫыр (śyr), etc.

Noun

яр • (yar)

1. bank, shore, coast, beach

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *yar (“order; announcement; law, justice”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (jar, “order, instruction”); Kazakh жар (jar, “herald's message”), Kyrgyz жар (jar, “herald's message”), Tuvan чар (çar, “announcement”), etc.

Noun

яр • (yar)

1. (historic) message delivered by heralds

Declension

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak jar, from Proto-Slavic *jarь. Cognates include Slovak jar and Carpathian Rusyn ярь (jarʹ).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: яр

Noun

яр (jar) f

1. spring

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “яр”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Russian

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ar

Etymology 1

From Turkic.

Noun

яр • (jar) m inan (genitive я́ра, nominative plural я́ры, genitive plural я́ров)

1. steep bank, ravine

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

яр • (jar)

1. short masculine singular of я́рый (járyj)

Ukrainian

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яр

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Etymology 1

From Turkic.

Noun

яр • (jar) m inan (genitive я́ру, nominative plural яри́, genitive plural ярі́в)

1. steep bank, gully, ravine

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

яр • (jar) f inan (genitive я́рі, uncountable)

1. a kind of paint made from copper

Declension

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “яр”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka