# yar
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /jɑː/
* (General American) IPA: /jɑɹ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

#### Alternative forms

* yarr

#### Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
* (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
* (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

### Etymology 2

Uncertain.

#### Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
* (UK dialectal) Sour; brackish.

##### Derived terms

* yarrish

### Etymology 3

From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

#### Alternative forms

* yare

#### Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
* (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
** 1390, J. Gower, Confessio Amantis, II. 237:The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
** 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
    My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.
** 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library:...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
** 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
    Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.

##### Synonyms

* yare

### Anagrams

* -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, γ ray, γ-ray

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Persian یار (yâr).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
* (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
* (dated) friend
* (dated) helper
    Allah yar olsun! (idiomatic) ― Godspeed! (literally, “may God be the helper”)

#### Declension
## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).

### Noun

yar f (plural yer)
* hen

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Old Cornish yar, from Proto-Celtic *yarā (compare Welsh iâr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jaːɹ/

### Noun

yar f (plural yer)
* chicken, hen

#### Derived terms

* bregh yar (“chickenpox”)
* garth yer (“chicken run”)
* gonis yer (“poultry farming”)
* kew yer (“chicken run”)
* kig yar (“chicken meat”)
* kloos yer (“chicken run”)
* kowel yer (“chicken coop”)
* krow yer (“chicken coop”)
* mabyar (“chick”)
* neyth yar (“hen's nest”)
* prenn yer (“perch, roost”)
* yar frankres (“free-range hen”)
* yar gowellys (“battery hen”)
* yar Gyni (“turkey (bird)”)
* yarji (“chicken coop”)
* yerji (“henhouse”)

#### Related terms

* kock (“cock (male chicken)”)
* kulyek (“cock (male chicken)”)

## Kalasha
### Noun

yar
* friend

#### Synonyms

* dus
* dust
* malgiri
* raphek
* yardus

## Middle English
### Determiner

yar
* (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir

## Old Cornish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *yarā.

### Noun

yar
* chicken, hen
** c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 8 verso:
    Gallina. yar.Hen. — hen.

#### Descendants

* Cornish: yar

## Somali
### Etymology

Compare Hausa yārṑ (“boy”).

### Adjective

yar
* small, little

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahr (“year”).

### Noun

yar
* year
    Synonym: yia
* Pleiades
* a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)

### References

* Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, →ISBN, page 110
* Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 123

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish یار (yar, “precipice”), from Proto-Turkic *yār (“precipice, steep bank”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yār, “steep slope”). More at яр.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑɾ/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

yar (definite accusative yarı, plural yarlar)
* cliff, scarp, precipice

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
yar
yarlar
definite accusative
yarı
yarları
dative
yara
yarlara
locative
yarda
yarlarda
ablative
yardan
yarlardan
genitive
yarın
yarların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
yarım
yarlarım
2nd singular
yarın
yarların
3rd singular
yarı
yarları
1st plural
yarımız
yarlarımız
2nd plural
yarınız
yarlarınız
3rd plural
yarları
yarları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
yarımı
yarlarımı
2nd singular
yarını
yarlarını
3rd singular
yarını
yarlarını
1st plural
yarımızı
yarlarımızı
2nd plural
yarınızı
yarlarınızı
3rd plural
yarlarını
yarlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
yarıma
yarlarıma
2nd singular
yarına
yarlarına
3rd singular
yarına
yarlarına
1st plural
yarımıza
yarlarımıza
2nd plural
yarınıza
yarlarınıza
3rd plural
yarlarına
yarlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
yarımda
yarlarımda
2nd singular
yarında
yarlarında
3rd singular
yarında
yarlarında
1st plural
yarımızda
yarlarımızda
2nd plural
yarınızda
yarlarınızda
3rd plural
yarlarında
yarlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
yarımdan
yarlarımdan
2nd singular
yarından
yarlarından
3rd singular
yarından
yarlarından
1st plural
yarımızdan
yarlarımızdan
2nd plural
yarınızdan
yarlarınızdan
3rd plural
yarlarından
yarlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
yarımın
yarlarımın
2nd singular
yarının
yarlarının
3rd singular
yarının
yarlarının
1st plural
yarımızın
yarlarımızın
2nd plural
yarınızın
yarlarınızın
3rd plural
yarlarının
yarlarının :

##### Synonyms

* uçurum

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑɾ/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

yar
* second-person singular imperative of yarmak

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarler)
* Alternative spelling of yâr

### References

* ↑ http://www.nisanyansozluk.com/?k=yar1&lnk=1

## Yola
### Contraction

yar
* Alternative form of y'art
** 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:Y'ar welcome hartille, yar welcome, joyes.[You're welcome heartily, you're welcome, joys.]

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 130