# acar
## English
### Noun

acar (countable and uncountable, plural acars)
* A vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *atsara, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Old Irish aicher (“sharp, fierce, bitter”), Latin ācer (“pungent, acidic; sharp-minded”), Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “pointed, sharp; at the edge”), ἄκρον (ákron, “peak, sharp point, edge”).
Alternatively, borrowed from Italian azzaru (“steel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈt͡saɾ]

### Noun

acar m (plural acare, definite acari, definite plural acaret)
* bitter cold
    Synonym: thëllim
* period of frost, coldness
* (figurative) bitter, coarse, rough, brisk
* dread
* (figurative) astute, sharp-witted
* (old or regional) steel

#### Declension
### Adjective

acar (feminine acare)
* exceedingly cold
* clean, clear
* neat (of a person's clothing, appearance)

### Adverb

acar
* neatly
* rudely
* thorny

#### Derived terms

* acari
* acarim
* acaroj
* acarohem
* acarimë
* acartë

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “acar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “acar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

## Ambonese Malay
### Noun

acar
* kind of dish made of fried vegetables

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* atjar (1947–1972)

### Etymology

From Malay acar, from Classical Malay اچر (acar), from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Doublet of acara, acarya, ajar, and hajar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈat͡ʃar/

### Noun

acar (plural acar-acar)
* (cooking) pickle, achar

#### Derived terms

* mengacar
* acar kuning
* acar matang

### Further reading

* “acar” 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.

## Irish
### Noun

acar m (genitive singular acara)
* Alternative form of acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
nominative
acar
vocative
a acar
genitive
acara
dative
acar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative
an t-acar
genitive
an acara
dative
leis an acar don acar :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Romanian
### Etymology

From ac +‎ -ar, or possibly Latin ac(u)ārius. The final sense was based on French aiguilleur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈkar/

### Noun

acar m (plural acari)
* one who makes needles
* a box with supplies for sewing, including needles, thread, etc.
* (railways) switchman, pointsman
    Synonym: macagiu

#### Declension
### Further reading

* acar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Simalungun Batak
### Noun

acar
* pickle

### References

* Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p. 20.

## Tarifit
### Alternative forms

* aker

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### Pronunciation

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### Verb

acar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴰⵔ)
* (transitive) to steal, to rob

#### Conjugation

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#### Derived terms

* Causative: sacar (“to accuse of theft”)
* Passive: twacar (“to be stolen”)
* tukkarda (“theft”)
* amatcar (“thief”)