яр

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Bashkir

Яр

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Cognate with Kazakh жар (jar, steep bank), Kyrgyz жар (jar), Uyghur يار (yar, steep bank; cliff, ravine), Khakas чар (çar, bank, shore), Turkish yar (cliff), Yakut сыыр (sıır, hill), Chuvash ҫыр (śyr), etc.

Noun

яр (yar)

  1. bank, shore, coast, beach

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *yar (order; announcement; law, justice).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (jar, order, instruction); Kazakh жар (jar, herald's message), Kyrgyz жар (jar, herald's message), Tuvan чар (çar, announcement), etc.

Noun

яр (yar)

  1. (historic) message delivered by heralds
Declension

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak jar, from Proto-Slavic *jarь. Cognates include Slovak jar and Carpathian Rusyn ярь (jarʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

яр (jarf

  1. spring

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Turkic.

Noun

яр (jarm inan (genitive я́ра, nominative plural я́ры, genitive plural я́ров)

  1. steep bank, ravine
Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

яр (jar)

  1. short masculine singular of я́рый (járyj)

Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

From Turkic.

Noun

яр (jarm inan (genitive я́ру, nominative plural яри́, genitive plural ярі́в)

  1. steep bank, gully, ravine
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Etymology 2

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Noun

яр (jarf inan (genitive я́рі, uncountable)

  1. a kind of paint made from copper
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