# jaro
## Baduy
### Noun

jaro (Sundanese script ᮏᮛᮧ)
* chief

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jaro, from Proto-Slavic *jaro, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Cognate with English year, German Jahr (“year”), Latin hōra (“hour, time, season”), Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “year, season”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjaro]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

jaro n
* spring (season)
    Synonym: vesna

#### Derived terms

* jarní

### See also

Seasons in Czech · roční období (layout · text) · category :
| jaro (“spring”) | léto (“summer”) | podzim (“autumn”) | zima (“winter”) |

### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “jaro”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
* ↑ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

### Further reading

* “jaro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “jaro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “jaro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjaro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aro
* Hyphenation: ja‧ro

### Noun

jaro (accusative singular jaron, plural jaroj, accusative plural jarojn)
* year
** 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the first World Congress of Esperanto.
    Kaj antaŭ kelke da jaroj mortis tiu persono, al kiu Esperanto ŝuldas multe.And several years ago that person, to whom Esperanto owes a great deal, passed away.
** 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof‎:Kvankam neriĉa, li proponis anonime certan sumon por daŭrigi la gazeton dum tri jaroj.Although not rich, he proposed anonymously a certain sum for continuing the gazette for three years.

#### Meronyms

* monato
* sezono
* tago

#### Derived terms

* dekdujara (“twelve-year-old”, adjective)
* jarcento (“century”)
* jardeko (“decade”)
* jarmilo (“millennium”)
* lumjaro (“light year”)
* samjare (“in the same year”)

#### Descendants

* Ido: yaro

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ĵaro, English jar, French jarre, Italian giara, Spanish jarra, jarro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒaro/, /ˈd͡ʒaro/

### Noun

jaro (plural jari)
* jar (container)

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒa.ro/, [ˈd͡ʒa.ro]

### Noun

jaro (plural jaro-jaro)
* the thick bamboo slats that are used as posts or fence

### Further reading

* “jaro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀚𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* जरो (Devanagari script)
* জরো (Bengali script)
* ජරො (Sinhalese script)
* ဇရော or ၹရေႃ (Burmese script)
* ชโร or ชะโร (Thai script)
* ᨩᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ຊໂຣ or ຊະໂຣ (Lao script)
* ជរោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄎𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

jaro
* nominative singular masculine of jara (“old”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒa.ɾu/
* Hyphenation: ja‧ro

### Noun

jaro m (plural jaros)
* Alternative form of aro (arum plant)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxaɾo/ [ˈxa.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -aɾo
* Syllabification: ja‧ro

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

jaro (feminine jara, masculine plural jaros, feminine plural jaras)
* (of an animal, chiefly a pig) reddish, ruddy

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

jaro m (plural jaros)
* Alternative form of aro (arum lily)

### Further reading

* “jaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sundanese
### Noun

jaro (Sundanese script ᮏᮛᮧ)
* (Banten) village chief (especially in Baduy areas, such as Cibeo, Lebak Regency)