жар

From Proto-Slavic *žarъ m, *žarь f.

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жар • (žar) m inan (genitive жа́ру, uncountable)

1. embers

• “жар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

From Proto-Slavic *žarъ m, *žarь f.

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• Rhymes: -ar

жар • (žar) m (relational adjective жа́рък or жа́ров)

1. blaze, zest
2. glow (emitted by hot object)

• пожа́р (požár, “fire, blaze”)
• жера́ва (žeráva), жара́ва (žaráva, “hearth”)

жар • (žar) f (relational adjective жа́рен)

1. ember
2. blazing heat (condition of extreme hotness)

• жа́ря (žárja, “to blaze”)
• жар-птица (žar-ptica, “fire-bird”) (mythological creature)

• го́ря impf (górja), га́рям pf (gárjam, “to burn”)
• гре́я (gréja, “to warm”)

• “жар”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “жар”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

From Proto-Turkic *yār (“steep bank, shore”).

жар • (jar)

1. cliff

жар • (jar)

1. call, appeal

From Persian یار (yâr).

жар • (jar)

1. wife
2. patron, supporter

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žarъ.

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жар • (žar) m or f (plural жарови or жарје, relational adjective жарок, diminutive жарче)

1. ember

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(Feminine declension)

From Proto-Mongolic *ǰiran. Related to Mongolian зургаа (zurgaa, “six”) and Proto-Mongolic *ǰirguxan, suggesting a root of *ǰïr + decade suffix "-An", such as Proto-Mongolic *yeren (“ninety”) and Proto-Mongolic *nayan (“eighty”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕar̥/
• Syllabification: жар (1 syllable)

жар • (žar)

1. sixty

• жаран (žaran)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žārъ, perhaps together with жара́ (žará) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰēr- (“heat”, root noun),^[1] from *gʷʰer- (“heat, hot”).

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жар • (žar) m inan (genitive жа́ра, uncountable, diminutive жаро́к)

1. heat
2. ardour
3. fever, high temperature
   • 1902, Антон Чехов, chapter I, in Архиерей; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Bishop, 1919:

     — Не спи́тся мне, — сказа́л преосвяще́нный, садя́сь. — Нездоро́в я, должно́ быть. И что оно́ тако́е? не зна́ю. Жар!

     — Ne spítsja mne, — skazál preosvjaščénnyj, sadjásʹ. — Nezdoróv ja, dolžnó bytʹ. I što onó takóje? ne znáju. Žar!

     "I can't sleep," said the bishop, sitting up. "I must be unwell. And what it is I don't know. Fever!"

4. embers

• жар-пти́ца (žar-ptíca)
• жара́ (žará)
• жа́рить (žáritʹ)
• жа́ркий (žárkij)
• жа́рко (žárko)
• жарко́е (žarkóje)
• жаро- (žaro-)
• жаро́вня (žaróvnja)
• жаровой (žarovoj)
• чужи́ми рука́ми жар загреба́ть (čužími rukámi žar zagrebátʹ)

• горе́ть (gorétʹ)
• греть (gretʹ)
• гарь (garʹ)
• горн (gorn)
• го́ре (góre)
• го́рький (górʹkij)

• → Ingrian: žaaru
• → Kildin Sami: жоарр (žårr)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žarъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʒâːr/

жа̑р m (Latin spelling žȃr)

1. fervor, ardor
2. ember