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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sësar, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Lithuanian sesers (“sister”). Cognates include Finnish sisar, Livonian sõzār, Votic sõzar, Ingrian siar, Livvi sizär, Ludian and Veps sizar.
Pronunciation
Noun
sõsar (genitive sõsara, partitive sõsarat)
- (literary, uncommon) sister
- Synonym: õde
- Antonym: veli
1923, Jaan Kärner, chapter 1, in Bianka ja Ruth (romantic verse), Tartu: Noor-Eesti, →ISBN, page 8:Me rännand kõrvu ainult selleks, / et olla sõsaraks ning velleks / neil’, kellel vaevat ihu, hing.- We have wandered side by side / only to be sister and brother / to those who have a troubled body, a troubled soul.
- (figuratively, attributively only in compounds) sister (something similar, close, of the same kind)
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References
- sõsar in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “sõsar”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009