јар

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jarъ (spring).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ја̑р m (Latin spelling jȃr)

  1. (archaic) spring
  2. swelter, intense heat (also figuratively)

Quotations[edit]

Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

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

Noun[edit]

јар (ǰar)

  1. bank, shore, coast, beach

Etymology 2[edit]

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

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

Noun[edit]

јар (ǰar)

  1. order

References[edit]

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “јар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN