Afar

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See also: afar, àfar, and afâr

English

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Proper noun

Afar

  1. A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
  2. A region of Ethiopia.

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Noun

Afar (plural Afars or Afar)

  2. A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions.
    • 1982, Africa:
      [...] ethnic groups, the Afars. The majority of the Somali-speaking Issas, the other main group, do support President Hassan Gouled and his RPP, though the Prime Minister, Barkat Gourad is an Afar himself.
    • 1995, Neil A. Hamilton, Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary:
      Shortly thereafter he broke with Aref and supported independence. Aref was an Afar, and Gouled came from the Issa ethnic group, which for years had been at odds with the Afars.

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Dutch

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Proper noun

Afar n

  1. Afar (language)

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French

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Proper noun

Afar ?

  1. Afar (member of the Afar people)
    Territoire français des Afars et des Issas ― French Territory of the Afars and the Issas

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Afar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.far/
  • Rhymes: -afar
  • Syllabification: A‧far

Noun

Afar m pers

  1. Afar (person)

Declension

Declension of Afar
singular plural
nominative Afar Afarzy/Afary (deprecative)
genitive Afara Afarów
dative Afarowi Afarom
accusative Afara Afarów
instrumental Afarem Afarami
locative Afarze Afarach
vocative Afarze Afarzy

Proper noun

Afar m inan

  1. Afar (a region of Ethiopia)

Declension

Declension of Afar
singular
nominative Afar
genitive Afaru
dative Afarowi
accusative Afar
instrumental Afarem
locative Afarze
vocative Afarze

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Afar in PWN's encyclopedia
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