ajar

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English ajar, on char (on turn), from on (on) + char (turn, occasion), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (turn), from ċierran (to turn, convert), equivalent to a- +‎ char. Akin to Scots char, chare (to turn, cause to turn), Dutch akerre, kier (ajar), German kehren (to turn). See char.

Alternative forms

Adverb

ajar (not comparable)

  1. Slightly turned or opened.
    The door was standing ajar.
Translations

Adjective

ajar (comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar)

  1. Slightly turned or opened.
    The door is ajar.
    • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
      I know—for Death, who comes for me
      From regions of the blest afar,
      Where there is nothing to deceive,
      Hath left his iron gate ajar,
Translations

Verb

ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

  1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
    • 1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, volume 10:
      A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
    • 1977, Bill Reed, Dogod:
      Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars, if it hasn't jarred too much already.
    • 2007, Loki, Shard of the Ancient:
      Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.

Etymology 2

From a- (in, at) +‎ jar (discord, disagreement).

Adverb

ajar (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Out of harmony.
  2. Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.14:
      There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar .
Translations

Verb

ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

  1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
    • 1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 36:
      It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.
Translations

Anagrams

Albanian

Noun

ajar m

  1. (archaic) large basket for holding or measuring grain

Declension

Declension of ajar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ajar ajari ajarë ajarët
accusative ajarin
dative ajari ajarit ajarëve ajarëve
ablative ajarësh

Further reading

  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ajar”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay ajar

Verb

ajar

  1. to learn

Iban

Etymology

From Malay ajar, from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, teacher, master).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒar/
  • Rhymes: -jar
  • Hyphenation: a‧jar

Noun

ajar

  1. lesson
  2. advice

Verb

ajar

  1. to teach

Derived terms

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay ajar, from Classical Malay اجر (ajar), from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, teacher, master), likely derived from आचार (ācāra, conduct, behavior). Doublet of acar, acara, acarya, and hajar.

Verb

ajar (base-imperative ajar, active mengajar, passive diajar)

  1. to teach
Conjugation
Conjugation of ajar (meng-, transitive)
root ajar
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengajar terajar diajar ajar ajarlah
accusative / dative / locative mengajari diajari ajari ajarilah
perfective causative / applicative2 mengajarkan diajarkan ajarkan ajarkanlah
causative
nominative mempelajar dipelajar pelajar
accusative / dative / locative mempelajari dipelajari pelajari pelajarilah
perfective causative / applicative2 memperajarkan diperajarkan perajarkan perajarkanlah

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay (Medan/Deli dialect).

Noun

ajar (plural ajar-ajar)

  1. (dialect) first fruit

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦗꦂ (ajar, section of fruit).

Classifier

ajar

  1. (dialect) classifier for durian compartment

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ajar

  1. romanization of ꦲꦗꦂ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, teacher, master). Doublet of acar, acara, and hajar.

Verb

ajar (Jawi spelling اجر)

  1. to teach

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Ambonese Malay: ajar (inherited)
  • > Indonesian: ajar (inherited)
  • Iban: ajar

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, teacher, master) (hence, doublet of ācārya), likely derived from आचार (ācāra, conduct, behavior). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

ajar

  1. communication, information, announcement
  2. teaching, training
  3. hermit

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦲꦗꦂ (ajar) (inherited)
  • >? Classical Malay: اجر (ajar)
    • > Malay: ajar (inherited)
      • > Ambonese Malay: ajar (inherited)
      • > Indonesian: ajar (inherited)
      • Iban: ajar

Further reading

  • "ajar" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈxaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧jar

Etymology 1

From older ahajar, from Old Spanish haja, probably from Vulgar Latin *fallia (defect), from Latin fallĕre.

Alternative forms

Verb

ajar (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite ajé, past participle ajado)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to fade, wither
    Synonym: marchitar
    El sol ajó las flores.
    The sun withered the flowers.
    Se te olvidó regar esta planta, así que se ajó.
    You forgot to water this plant, so it withered.
  2. (transitive or reflexive) to wear out
    Synonyms: desgastar, deteriorar
    El sol y la humedad suelen ajar las alfombras.
    The sun and humidity generally wear rugs out.
  3. (transitive or reflexive) to wrinkle
    Synonym: arrugar
    No es bueno guardar los pantalones así, o los vas a ajar.
    It's not good to put away your pants this way, or you're going to wrinkle them.
    Ve a planchar esta camisa, que se te ajó después de que la guardaste doblada.
    Go iron this shirt, as it got wrinkled after you put it away folded.
  4. (transitive) to humiliate someone
    Synonym: humillar
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From ajo +‎ -ar.

Noun

ajar m (plural ajares)

  1. garlic field, garlic patch

Further reading