یار

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See also: يار and ياز

Persian

Etymology

Contraction of Middle Persian (and archaic New Persian) (yâvar). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian hyʾr (/⁠hayyār⁠/, “helper, friend”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	yār
Dari reading^?	yār
Iranian reading^?	yâr
Tajik reading^?	yor

Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun


Iranian Persian	یار
Dari	یار
Tajik	ёр

یار • (yâr) (plural یاران (yârân))

(literary) friend, lover, companion
(literary) assistant, defender, helper
(sports) a player in a team
strength, power
pestle

Derived terms

یار و یاور (yâr-o-yâvar)
یارانه (yârâne)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: yar
→ Bashkir: йәр (yər)
→ Chagatai: يار
- Uyghur: يار (yar)
- Uzbek: yor / ёр (yor)
→ Gujarati: યાર (yār)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: यार (yār)

Urdu: یار (yār)
- → English: yaar
→ Kazakh: жар (jar)
→ Middle Armenian: եար (ear)
- Armenian: յար (yar)
Ottoman Turkish: یار (yār)
- Turkish: yar
- → Laz: ჲარი (yari)
→ Punjabi: یار (yār) / ਯਾਰ (yār)
→ Marwari: यार (yār)

See also

یاور (yâvar)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “يار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1525
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 399

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (yār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /jäːɾᵊ/

Noun

یار • (yār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਯਾਰ)

friend, pal
dude, bro

Declension

Declension of یار
dir. sg.	یَار (yār)
dir. pl.	یَار (yār)
	singular	plural
direct	یَار (yār)	یَار (yār)
oblique	یَار (yār)	یَاراں (yārāṉ)
vocative	یَارا (yārā)	یَارو (yāro)
ablative	یَاروں (yāroṉ)	یَاراں (yārāṉ)
locative	یَارے (yāre)	یَارِیں (yārīṉ)
instrumental	یَاروں (yāroṉ)	–

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “یار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਯਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (yār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jɑːɾ/

Noun

یار • (yār) m or f (Hindi spelling यार)

Descendants

→ English: yaar

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu یار (yār).

Noun

یار (yār)

friend, buddy, pal
lover

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