# akar
## Bahnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkaːr. Cognate with Sedang kéa. Compare Proto-Katuic *ʔŋkar (whence Ngeq ŋkar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔakaːr/

### Noun

akar
* skin

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric [Term?] + -r (obsolete frequentative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒkɒr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: akar
* Rhymes: -ɒr

### Verb

akar
* (auxiliary with an infinitive or transitive) to want
    Egyetemre akart menni. ― S/he wanted to go to university.
** 1912, Dezső Kosztolányi, Akarsz-e játszani?:A játszótársam, mondd, akarsz-e lenni, / akarsz-e mindig, mindig játszani, / akarsz-e együtt a sötétbe menni, / gyerekszívvel fontosnak látszani, / borból-vízből mértékkel tölteni, / gyöngyöt dobálni, semminek örülni, / sóhajtva rossz ruhákat ölteni?(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* akarat
* akaratlan
* akarnok
* akaródzik
* akarva-akaratlanul

### See also

* Category:Hungarian auxiliary verbs

### References

* ↑ akar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* akar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (dialectal, archaic form of akár): akar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* akar in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

### Noun

akar
* root (of plant)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay akar, from Proto-Malayic *akar,from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈakar/ [ˈa.kar]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -akar
* Syllabification: a‧kar

### Noun

akar (plural akar-akar)
* root (the part of a plant)
* root (the part of a tooth)
    Synonym: akar gigi
* root (the part of a hair)
    Synonym: akar rambut
* (figurative) root, origin, the primary source
    Synonym: sumber
* (of arithmetic) root
* (linguistic morphology) root (the primary lexical unit of a word)
    Synonym: akar kata
* (computing) root (a person who manages accounts on a UNIX system)
    Synonyms: akun akar, pengguna akar

#### Derived terms

* akar-akaran
* berakar
* mengakar
* perakaran
* seakar
* akar adventisius
* akar angelika
* akar angin
* akar apung
* akar aralia kinensis
* akar bahar
* akar banar
* akar batang
* akar batu
* akar belit
* akar beluru
* akar bilangan
* akar binasa
* akar bulu
* akar cabang
* akar dagun
* akar daldaru
* akar embun
* akar fatima
* akar gamat
* akar gambir-gambir
* akar ganda
* akar gantung
* akar gerip putih
* akar gerit-gerit putih
* akar gigi
* akar isap
* akar jangkar
* akar kait-kait
* akar kambing-kambing
* akar kata
* akar kelempinang
* akar kelimpar
* akar kemenyan
* akar kerayung
* akar khayal
* akar kijil
* akar kompleks
* akar kuadrat
* akar kuayah
* akar kubik
* akar kucing
* akar kuku
* akar kuning
* akar larak
* akar layak
* akar lekat
* akar lembaga
* akar liar
* akar lingkar
* akar lupang
* akar lupuk
* akar lutut
* akar manis
* akar masalah
* akar mati
* akar melata
* akar melibat
* akar melilit
* akar mempelas
* akar mempelas hari betina
* akar mimang
* akar napas
* akar pahit
* akar pakis
* akar pangkat dua
* akar pangkat tiga
* akar papan
* akar parsi
* akar patuk manuk
* akar persamaan
* akar primer
* akar punggung
* akar puntianak
* akar pusat
* akar putat
* akar rambut
* akar rempelas
* akar rempenang
* akar resam
* akar rumput
* akar samping
* akar sarikan
* akar saut
* akar sederhana
* akar semu
* akar senduduk
* akar sentagi
* akar sepulih
* akar serabut
* akar serapat hitam
* akar serau
* akar serumat
* akar seruntun
* akar sulung
* akar susu
* akar tempelas
* akar teriba
* akar tikus
* akar tinggal
* akar tombak
* akar tuba
* akar tunggang
* akar tunjang
* akar udara
* akar umbi
* akar wangi
* akar yang-yang

#### Holonyms

* pohon
* rumput
* semak

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “akar” 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.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aka(r)/
* Rhymes: -akar

### Noun

akar (Jawi spelling اکر, plural akar-akar, informal 1st possessive akarku, 2nd possessive akarmu, 3rd possessive akarnya)
* root (the part of a plant)
* liana (a creeping or climbing plant)
* root (the part of a tooth)
    Synonym: akar gigi
* root (the part of a hair)
    Synonym: akar rambut
* (figurative) root, origin, the primary source
    Synonym: sumber
* (Indonesia, of arithmetic) root
* (linguistic morphology) root (the primary lexical unit of a word)
    Synonym: akar kata

#### Derived terms

* akar-akaran
* berakar
* mengakar
* perakaran
* seakar
* akar ganda
* akar kata
* akar manis
* akar masalah
* akar tunjang
* akar umbi
* akar wangi

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wakaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اکر akar”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 15
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اکر akar”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 27
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “akar”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 13
* Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

### Further reading

* “akar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Sasak
### Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Malay akar.

### Noun

akar
* Alternative form of akah

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish عقار, from Arabic عَقَار (ʕaqār).

#### Noun

akar (definite accusative akarı, plural akarlar)
* real estate

### Etymology 2

From French acare, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí).

#### Noun

akar (definite accusative akarı, plural akarlar)
* mite, tick

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

akar
* third-person singular indicative aorist of akmak

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akar1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akar2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Yámana
### Noun

akar
* house, hut, tent