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See also: akár, ākär, and akár-

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkaːr. Cognate with Sedang kéa. Compare Proto-Katuic *ʔŋkar (whence Ngeq ŋkar).

Pronunciation

Noun

akar 

  1. skin

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric + -r (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: akar
  • Rhymes: -ɒr

Verb

akar

  1. (auxiliary with an infinitive or transitive) to want
    Egyetemre akart menni. ― S/he wanted to go to university.
    • 1912, Dezső Kosztolányi, Akarsz-e játszani?:
      A játszótársam, mondd, akarsz-e lenni, / akarsz-e mindig, mindig játszani, / akarsz-e együtt a sötétbe menni, / gyerekszívvel fontosnak látszani, / borból-vízből mértékkel tölteni, / gyöngyöt dobálni, semminek örülni, / sóhajtva rossz ruhákat ölteni?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

conjugation of akar
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. akarok akarsz akar akarunk akartok akarnak
Def. akarom akarod akarja akarjuk akarjátok akarják
2nd-p. o. akarlak ―
Past Indef. akartam akartál akart akartunk akartatok akartak
Def. akartam akartad akarta akartuk akartátok akarták
2nd-p. o. akartalak ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. akarni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. akarék akarál akara akaránk akarátok akarának
Def. akarám akarád akará akaránk akarátok akarák
2nd-p. o. akarálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. akar vala, akart vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. akarandok akarandasz akarand akarandunk akarandotok akarandanak
Def. akarandom akarandod akarandja akarandjuk akarandjátok akarandják
2nd-p. o. akarandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. akarnék akarnál akarna akarnánk akarnátok akarnának
Def. akarnám akarnád akarná akarnánk
(or akarnók) 		akarnátok akarnák
2nd-p. o. akarnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. akart volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. akarjak akarj or
akarjál 		akarjon akarjunk akarjatok akarjanak
Def. akarjam akard or
akarjad 		akarja akarjuk akarjátok akarják
2nd-p. o. akarjalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. akart légyen
Infinitive akarni akarnom akarnod akarnia akarnunk akarnotok akarniuk
Other
forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
akarás akaró akart akarandó akarva (akarván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of akar
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. akarhatok akarhatsz akarhat akarhatunk akarhattok akarhatnak
Def. akarhatom akarhatod akarhatja akarhatjuk akarhatjátok akarhatják
2nd-p. o. akarhatlak ―
Past Indef. akarhattam akarhattál akarhatott akarhattunk akarhattatok akarhattak
Def. akarhattam akarhattad akarhatta akarhattuk akarhattátok akarhatták
2nd-p. o. akarhattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. akarhaték akarhatál akarhata akarhatánk akarhatátok akarhatának
Def. akarhatám akarhatád akarhatá akarhatánk akarhatátok akarhaták
2nd-p. o. akarhatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. akarhat vala, akarhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. akarhatandok
or akarandhatok 		akarhatandasz
or akarandhatsz 		akarhatand
or akarandhat 		akarhatandunk
or akarandhatunk 		akarhatandotok
or akarandhattok 		akarhatandanak
or akarandhatnak
Def. akarhatandom
or akarandhatom 		akarhatandod
or akarandhatod 		akarhatandja
or akarandhatja 		akarhatandjuk
or akarandhatjuk 		akarhatandjátok
or akarandhatjátok 		akarhatandják
or akarandhatják
2nd-p. o. akarhatandalak
or akarandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. akarhatnék akarhatnál akarhatna akarhatnánk akarhatnátok akarhatnának
Def. akarhatnám akarhatnád akarhatná akarhatnánk
(or akarhatnók) 		akarhatnátok akarhatnák
2nd-p. o. akarhatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. akarhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. akarhassak akarhass or
akarhassál 		akarhasson akarhassunk akarhassatok akarhassanak
Def. akarhassam akarhasd or
akarhassad 		akarhassa akarhassuk akarhassátok akarhassák
2nd-p. o. akarhassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. akarhatott légyen
Inf. (akarhatni) (akarhatnom) (akarhatnod) (akarhatnia) (akarhatnunk) (akarhatnotok) (akarhatniuk)
Positive adjective akarható Neg. adj. akarhatatlan Adv. part. (akarhatva / akarhatván)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ akar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • akar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (dialectal, archaic form of akár): akar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • akar in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

akar

  1. root (of plant)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay akar, from Classical Malay اكر (akar), from Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

akar (plural akar-akar, first-person possessive akarku, second-person possessive akarmu, third-person possessive akarnya)

  1. root:
    1. (literally) the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients.
    2. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
      Synonym: akar gigi
    3. the part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
      Synonym: akar rambut
    4. (figurative) origin: the primary source.
      Synonym: sumber
    5. (arithmetic) of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
    6. (arithmetic) clipping of akar kuadrat (“a square root”)..
    7. (linguistic morphology) the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents.
      Synonym: akar kata
    8. (computing) in UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
      Synonyms: akun akar, pengguna akar

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

akar (Jawi spelling اکر, plural akar-akar, informal 1st possessive akarku, 2nd possessive akarmu, 3rd possessive akarnya)

  1. a root, a part of a plant that generally grow underground to absorbs water and nutrients.
  2. a creeping or climbing plant; liana.
  3. (figurative) origin or primary source.
  4. (of tooth) the part of a tooth that extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
  5. (of hair) the part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
  6. (Indonesia, arithmetic) of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  7. (linguistic morphology) the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. See akar kata.

Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اکر akar”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 15
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اکر akar”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 27
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “akar”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 13
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

Further reading

Sasak

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

Noun

akar

  1. Alternative form of akah

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish عقار, from Arabic عَقَار (ʕaqār).

Noun

akar (definite accusative akarı, plural akarlar)

  1. real estate

Etymology 2

From French acare, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí).

Noun

akar (definite accusative akarı, plural akarlar)

  1. mite, tick

Etymology 3

Verb

akar

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of akmak

References

Yámana

Noun

akar

  1. house, hut, tent
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