يار

See also: یار

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic جَار (jār).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /jɑr/

Noun

يار • (yār) m (plural ييران (yīrān), feminine يارة (yāra))

  1. neighbour, neighbor

Uyghur

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yār.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish yar, Southern Altai јар (ǰar).

Noun

يار • (yar) (plural يارلار (yarlar))

  1. precipice, cliff
  2. hole

Etymology 2

From Persian یار (yâr)

Noun

يار • (yar) (plural يارلار (yarlar))

  1. friend, companion
  2. lover

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “2 ya:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 953
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạ̄r”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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