# ara
## Translingual
### Symbol

ara
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Arabic.

## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi arara (“macaw”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/

#### Noun

ara (plural aras)
* The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
    Synonyms: blue-and-yellow macaw, blue-and-gold macaw

##### Translations
#### References

* “ara”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ara”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

#### Further reading

* Ara ararauna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Ara ararauna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Etymology 2

Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.

#### Alternative forms

* arag
* arra

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛɹ.ə/

#### Noun

ara
* A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.

### Etymology 3

From Japanese あら (ara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑɹə/

#### Noun

ara (countable and uncountable, plural aras)
* A saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus).
** 1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 192:Among the species which are met with on every coast, and during the whole year, are especially [...] the Ara (Niphon Spinosus Schl.), which frequents the coast of Yezo in particular, as is indicated by its other name , Matsumaye-ara. The many-membered genus of the saw-perches (Serranus) which inhabits all tropical and subtropical seas, […]

### Anagrams

* AAR, Aar, RAA

## Albanian
### Noun

ara
* inflection of arë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *āra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑˈrɑ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ra
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ara (definite accusative aranı, plural aralar)
* distance in space or time
** distance (the amount of space between two points)
*** 2019 February 2, 525-ci‎:Kim deyə bilər ki, Moskva ilə Bakının arası üç min kilometrdir?Who could tell that the distance between Moscow and Baku is three thousand kilometers?
    Synonym: məsafə
** space (a chiefly empty area or volume with set limits or boundaries)
*** 2008, Naxçıvan abidələri ensiklopediyası, page 42:Divarlar yanlarda iri daşlardan tikilmiş, onların arası isə kiçik həcmli qaya parçalan ilə doldurulmuşdur.The walls are built of large stones on the sides, and the space between them is filled with small pieces of rock.
** gap (distance in time)
** interval, frequency (a repeated and equal distance in space or time between several objects or events)
*** 2010 September 25, Hafta.az:Əvvəllər mədəniyyət işçiləri Çilov adasına tez-tez gəlib biz neftçilərlə görüşər, maraqlı konsert proqramları ilə çıxış edərdilər. [...] 1986-cı ildən bir müddət belə konsertlərin, görüşlərin arası səngidi.In the past, cultural workers often came to Chilov Island to meet with oil workers and give interesting concerts. [...] For some time since 1986, the frequency of such concerts and meetings dimished.
*** 2009 July 23, faktxeber.com‎:Yazılarının arası uzanıb. Niyə yazmırsınız?The interval between [the appearance of] your texts has become longer. Why are you not writing?
** while (an uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
    Uzun bir ara keçdi. ― A long while passed.
    uzun bir aradan sonra ― after a long while
* halt, break, temporary cessation
    ara vermək ― to come to a halt
    Synonym: fasilə
* a (long) succession, sequence (of events)
** 1991 April 11, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi Hüquqi aktların vahid elektron bazası:Мухтар вилајәтдә террорчулуг әмәлләринин арасы кәсилмир, нәтиҹәдә һәрби гуллугчулар вә динҹ сакинләр зәрәр чәкирләр.Muxtar vilayətdə terrorçuluq əməllərinin arası kəsilmir, nəticədə hərbi qulluqçular və dinc sakinlər zərər çəkirlər.Terrorist acts keep occurring in the autonomous region, resulting in casualties among servicemen and civilians.(literally, “the sequence of terrorist acts does not cease [...]”)
    arası kəsilməmək ― to have no end, to never halt, to keep occurring frequently
    Synonyms: ard, ardı-arası
* (figurative) relationship, relation, attitude
** relationship (a way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other)
    Onların arası yaxşı deyil. ― They do not get along well. (literally, “Their relationship is not good.”)
** view, opinion (liking/approval or disliking/disapproval)
    Araqla aran necədir? ― Do you like vodka? (literally, “What is your view on vodka?”)
    Synonym: münasibət
* (by extension) ability, skills
** 2020 August 4, Azadlıq.org‎:Bu, planlaşdırmaqla çox da arası olmayan insanlar üçün yaxşı məsləhətdir.This is a good advice for people who are not too good at planning.(literally, “[...] people who don't have that much of skills of planning”)

#### Derived terms

* ara vermək
* ara-sıra
* arabir
* arada
* aradan çıxmaq
* aradan qaldırmaq
* aradan qalxmaq
* aralamaq
* aralıq
* aranı qızışdırmaq
* arası dəymək
* arasında
* hara
* öz aramızdır

### Further reading

* “ara” in Obastan.com.

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧ra
* IPA: /ˈʔaɾaʔ/ [ˈʔa.ɾaʔ]

### Noun

arà
* envy; jealousy
    Synonyms: uri, wili, selos

#### Derived terms

* maara
* maaraan
* makaara
* paara

## Bislama
### Etymology

From English arrow.

### Noun

ara
* arrow

## Blagar
### Noun

ara
* pan

### References

* Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 172

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ad hōram. Compare Occitan ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.ɾa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾe

### Adverb

ara
* now (at the present time)

#### Derived terms

* ara bé
* ara mateix
* ara per ara
* com ara
* fins ara

### Further reading

* “ara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ara”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ara” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ara” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈara]

### Noun

ara m anim
* ara

#### Related terms

* arakanga
* ararauna

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːra/, [ˈɑːʁɑ]

### Noun

ara c (singular definite araen, plural indefinite araer)
* macaw (various parrots)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “ara” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “ara” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
* ara on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.raː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ara

### Noun

ara m (plural ara's, diminutive araatje n)
* a macaw; any bird of the genus Ara
* any of various parrot species of different genera that resemble those of genus Ara

#### Derived terms

* blauwgele ara
* blauwgrijze ara
* blauwkeelara
* blauwkopara
* Buffons ara
* dwergara
* geelnekara
* geelvleugelara
* groenvleugelara
* Illigers ara
* Lears ara
* roodbuikara
* roodschouderara
* roodwangara
* soldatenara
* Spix' ara

### Further reading

* Ara (geslacht) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Ese
### Noun

ara
* house; building
* village
* (anatomy) placenta

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From aro +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈara]
* Rhymes: -ara
* Hyphenation: a‧ra

### Adjective

ara (accusative singular aran, plural araj, accusative plural arajn)
* collective

## Finnish
### Etymology

From translingual Ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑrɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
* Hyphenation: ara

### Noun

ara
* macaw (various parrots of the genus Ara and some closely related genera)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arani
arani
accusative
nom.
arani
arani
gen.
arani
genitive
arani
arojeni araini $^{rare}$
partitive
araani
arojani
inessive
arassani
aroissani
elative
arastani
aroistani
illative
araani
aroihini
adessive
arallani
aroillani
ablative
araltani
aroiltani
allative
aralleni
aroilleni
essive
aranani
aroinani
translative
arakseni
aroikseni
abessive
arattani
aroittani
instructive
comitative
—aroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arasi
arasi
accusative
nom.
arasi
arasi
gen.
arasi
genitive
arasi
arojesi araisi $^{rare}$
partitive
araasi
arojasi
inessive
arassasi
aroissasi
elative
arastasi
aroistasi
illative
araasi
aroihisi
adessive
arallasi
aroillasi
ablative
araltasi
aroiltasi
allative
arallesi
aroillesi
essive
aranasi
aroinasi
translative
araksesi
aroiksesi
abessive
arattasi
aroittasi
instructive
comitative
—aroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aramme
aramme
accusative
nom.
aramme
aramme
gen.
aramme
genitive
aramme
arojemme araimme $^{rare}$
partitive
araamme
arojamme
inessive
arassamme
aroissamme
elative
arastamme
aroistamme
illative
araamme
aroihimme
adessive
arallamme
aroillamme
ablative
araltamme
aroiltamme
allative
arallemme
aroillemme
essive
aranamme
aroinamme
translative
araksemme
aroiksemme
abessive
arattamme
aroittamme
instructive
comitative
—aroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aranne
aranne
accusative
nom.
aranne
aranne
gen.
aranne
genitive
aranne
arojenne arainne $^{rare}$
partitive
araanne
arojanne
inessive
arassanne
aroissanne
elative
arastanne
aroistanne
illative
araanne
aroihinne
adessive
arallanne
aroillanne
ablative
araltanne
aroiltanne
allative
arallenne
aroillenne
essive
arananne
aroinanne
translative
araksenne
aroiksenne
abessive
arattanne
aroittanne
instructive
comitative
—aroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aransa
aransa
accusative
nom.
aransa
aransa
gen.
aransa
genitive
aransa
arojensa arainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
araansa
arojaan arojansa
inessive
arassaan arassansa
aroissaan aroissansa
elative
arastaan arastansa
aroistaan aroistansa
illative
araansa
aroihinsa
adessive
arallaan arallansa
aroillaan aroillansa
ablative
araltaan araltansa
aroiltaan aroiltansa
allative
aralleen arallensa
aroilleen aroillensa
essive
aranaan aranansa
aroinaan aroinansa
translative
arakseen araksensa
aroikseen aroiksensa
abessive
arattaan arattansa
aroittaan aroittansa
instructive
comitative
—aroineen aroinensa :

#### Hypernyms

* papukaija

#### Derived terms

* aranen
* aratti
* hyasinttiara
* puna-ara
* siniara
* smaragdiara

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi arara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ara m (plural aras)
* macaw

#### Derived terms

* ara rouge

### Further reading

* “ara”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* Aar

## Fyam
### Noun

ara
* skull

## Gagauz
### Alternative forms

* aara

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آرَا (ara), from Proto-Turkic *āra. Compare Turkish ara, Azerbaijani ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˑˈɾɑ/, /ɑːˈɾɑ/
* Hyphenation: a‧ra

### Noun

ara (definite accusative arayı, plural aralar)
* interruption, stop, break
* gap, opening, space, room
    arayı kapamaato close the gap
* crack

#### Declension
### Postposition

ara
* (used with plural possessive suffixes) among, between
    bizim aramızdaamong us/between us
    konuşun aranızda bunutalk about this among yourselves

#### Derived terms

* ara bulmaa
* arada-sırada
* aralamaa
* aralık
* araya girmää

### Further reading

* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 11
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 16
* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ara”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 51

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɾa/ [ˈa.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɾa
* Hyphenation: a‧ra

### Noun

ara f (plural aras)
* altar
    Synonym: altar

## Gothic
### Romanization

ara
* Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌰

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

ara
* altar stone in a Catholic church

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *arɜ (“maternal relative”, “mother’s (younger) brother”), probably a Proto-Iranian borrowing, compare Avestan 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (brātar), Ossetian ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”). The ending -a in Hungarian may be a diminutive or a third-person singular possessive suffix. It gained its current meaning during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒrɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ara
* Rhymes: -rɒ

### Noun

ara (plural arák)
* (literary) bride
    Synonyms: menyasszony, (archaic) mátka

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Entry #1723 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ ara 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

* ara 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
* ara 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).

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈara/
* Rhymes: -ara, -ra, -a
* Hyphenation: ara

### Etymology 1

From Malay ara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa.

#### Noun

ara (plural ara-ara)
* fig (tree or shrub)

##### Synonyms

* tin (“fig”)

##### Derived terms

* ara kelebuk

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

ara (plural ara-ara)
* (dialectal) dear call for girls

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

ara (plural ara-ara)
* (zoology) green figbird, Timor figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)

### Further reading

* “ara” 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
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish ara m (“charioteer; messenger, attendant”).

#### Noun

ara m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural araí)
* charioteer
* attendant
** horseboy
    Synonyms: giolla capaill, giolla eich

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
ara
araí
vocative
a ara
a araí
genitive
ara
araí
dative
ara
araí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ara
na haraí
genitive
an ara
na n-araí
dative
leis an ara don ara
leis na haraí :

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish arae (“temple”).

#### Noun

ara m or f (genitive singular ara or arach, nominative plural araí or aracha)
* (dated) temple (of the forehead)
    Synonym: uisinn

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
ara
araí
vocative
a ara
a araí
genitive
ara
araí
dative
ara
araí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ara
na haraí
genitive
an ara
na n-araí
dative
leis an ara don ara
leis na haraí :

###### Feminine declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
ara
aracha
vocative
a ara
a aracha
genitive
arach
aracha
dative
ara
aracha
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an ara
na haracha
genitive
na harach
na n-aracha
dative
leis an ara don ara
leis na haracha :

### Etymology 3
#### Interjection

ara!
* Alternative form of arú (“Ah! No! So! Indeed!”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

ara m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural araí)
* Alternative form of earra (“goods; ware, merchandise; article of trade, commodity; accoutrement(s), trappings; apparel; article, thing”)

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
ara
araí
vocative
a ara
a araí
genitive
ara
araí
dative
ara
araí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ara
na haraí
genitive
an ara
na n-araí
dative
leis an ara don ara
leis na haraí :

### 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) “ara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 ara (‘charioteer’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ara (‘temple (of the forehead)’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ara”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ra/
* Rhymes: -ara
* Hyphenation: à‧ra

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin āra, from Old Latin āsa, from Proto-Italic *āzā (“altar”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHsh₂- (“hearth, fireplace”), derived from the root *h₂eHs- (“to burn; hearth”).

#### Noun

ara f (plural are)
* (historical, Ancient Rome) the base upon which objects were sacrificed to the gods by fire
* (poetic) pyre
    Synonym: rogo
* (literary) altar
    Synonym: altare
* (by extension) temple
    Synonyms: (literary) delubro, tempio

#### Further reading

* ara$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French are, from Latin ārea. Doublet of area and aia.

#### Noun

ara f (plural are)
* are, measurement of area (100 square metres)

##### Derived terms

* centiara

#### Further reading

* ara$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from translingual Ara, from Old Tupi ara.

#### Noun

ara f (plural are)
* macaw

##### Derived terms

* ara ambigua
* ara di cuba
* ara glauca

#### Further reading

* ara$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ara
* inflection of arare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Japanese
### Romanization

ara
* Rōmaji transcription of あら

## Latin
### Etymology

From Old Latin āsa, from Proto-Italic *āzā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Cognate with Sanskrit आस (ā́sa, “ashes”) and English ash.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː.ra/, [ˈäːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.ra/, [ˈäːrä]

### Noun

āra f (genitive ārae); first declension
* altar
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.48–49:“[...] Et quisquam nūmen Iūnōnis adōret praetereā, aut supplex ārīs impōnet honōrem?”“And would anyone adore the divinity of Juno afterward, or [as a] suppliant [worshiper] lay an offering on [my] altars?” (Juno is asking herself a rhetorical question.)
* sanctuary, refuge
    Synonyms: templum, dēlūbrum, sacellum, fānum

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: ara
* → Galician: ara
* → Italian: ara
* → Portuguese: ara
* → Spanish: ara

### References

* “ara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Latvian
### Verb

ara
* third-person singular/plural past indicative of art

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ara/
* Rhymes: -ara, -ra, -a
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [ˈä.rə]

### Noun

ara (Jawi spelling ارا, plural ara-ara, informal 1st possessive araku, 2nd possessive aramu, 3rd possessive aranya)
* fig (tree or shrub)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: ara

### Further reading

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

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.ra/

### Verb

ara
* singular imperative of ra

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan (compare with Malay jalan), from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (compare with Tagalog daan).

#### Noun

ara
* path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)
* path (a course taken)
* path (a metaphorical course)
* path (a method or direction of proceeding)
* road (a way for travel)
* road (a path in life)
* street (paved part of road in a village or a town)
* track (beaten path)
* track (course; way)
* track (path or course laid out for a race or exercise)
* track (permanent way; the rails)
* way (wide path)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qara, from Proto-Central Pacific *qadra.

#### Verb

ara (passive araia or arahia or aratia)
* to rise up, awake, arise, revive
    Nā tētahi nūpepa te kōrero inatata nei kei te ara mai anō te reo Māori.Just recently a newspaper reported that the Māori language is reviving.

### References

* “ara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mokilese
### Alternative forms

* ira

### Pronoun

ara
* third person dual; the two of them

#### See also

| singular | first person | first person | ngoah, ngoahi |
| singular | second person | second person | koah, koawoa |
| singular | third person | third person | ih |
| dual | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | kisa |
| dual | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | kama |
| dual | second person | second person | kamwa |
| dual | third person | third person | ara, ira |
| plural | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | kisai |
| plural | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | kamai |
| plural | second person | second person | kamwai |
| plural | third person | third person | arai, irai |
| remote plural | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | kihs |
| remote plural | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | kimi |
| remote plural | second person | second person | kimwi |
| remote plural | third person | third person | ihr |

## Nauruan
### Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *řaa, from Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

### Noun

ara
* blood (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)

## Ngaju
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

### Noun

ara
* name

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* adara (Gascony)
* aüra (Niçard)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin ad hōram.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

ara
* now

#### Derived terms

* d'ara enlà
* per ara

### References

* Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 28.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːrɑ/

### Noun

āra pl
* nominative/accusative/genitive plural of ār (“glory; oar”)
* genitive plural of ār (“ore; messenger”)

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈara/

### Etymology 1

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ a (“the”, neuter accusative singular)

#### Article

ara (triggers eclipsis)
* for (the sake of) the, because of the (neuter accusative singular)

### Etymology 2

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ a (“his/her/their”)

#### Determiner

ara (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)
* for (the sake of) his/her/its/their, because of his/her/its/their

### Etymology 3

ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

#### Pronoun

ara· (triggers lenition in direct relative clauses and eclipsis in indirect relative clauses)
* for (the sake of) whom/which, because of whom/which
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ara.

#### Conjunction

ara (negative arna or arná or arnacon or arnachon)
* so that
* that (introduces a noun clause)

#### Synonyms

* (so that): co

### Further reading

* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 898; reprinted 2017

## Old Javanese
### Alternative forms

* hara

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ra/
* Hyphenation: a‧ra

### Particle

ara
* Alternative spelling of hara (“emphatic particle in address”)

### Noun

ara
* Alternative spelling of hara (“Ficus”)
* Alternative spelling of āhāra (“food”)

### Further reading

* P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎, 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

## Old Norse
### Noun

ara
* inflection of ari:
** accusative/dative/genitive singular
** accusative/genitive plural

## Old Tupi
### Noun

ara
* Misspelling of 'ara.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: a‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ara.

#### Noun

ara f
* macaw (parrot of genus Ara)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

ara
* genitive singular of ar

### Further reading

* ara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: a‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Latin āra.

#### Noun

ara f (plural aras)
* any altar for sacrifices
* (Catholicism) the altar stone: the stone covered by the corporal

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ara
* inflection of arar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Interjection

ara!
* (Brazil, dialectal, Caipira) Expression of dismay, discontentment or surprise.

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hala. Cognates include Hawaiian ala and Maori ara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɾa/
* Hyphenation: a‧ra

### Noun

ara
* path, road, way

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 183
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 505

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin arāre, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈra/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

a ara (third-person singular present ară, past participle arat) 1st conjugation
* to plough
    Synonym: plugări

##### Related terms

* arat
* arător
* arătură

#### See also

* plug

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French ara, from Old Tupi ara.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ra/

#### Noun

ara m (uncountable)
* ara (bird)

##### Declension
#### See also

* cacadu
* jaco, iaco
* kakapo
* kea
* lori
* papagal
* peruș

### References

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

## Sassarese
### Alternative forms

* ala (Castelsardo, Sedini)

### Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin āla, from earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

### Pronunciation

* (Turritan) IPA: /ˈara/

### Noun

ara f (plural ari)
* wing

### References

* 1 2 Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

## Southern Ohlone
### Conjunction

ara
* and

### References

* Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861) Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎, volume IV, Cramoisy Press.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɾa/ [ˈa.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -aɾa
* Syllabification: a‧ra

### Etymology 1

From Latin āra.

#### Noun

ara f (plural aras)
* altar

##### Usage notes

* Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like ara take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el ara. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al ara, del ara. This is to avoid doubling of the /a/ sound.
    These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un ara or una ara. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
    However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor ara, una buena ara.
* If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el ara única, un(a) ara buena.
* In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

##### Derived terms

* piedra de ara

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ara
* inflection of arar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ara m (plural aras)
* (South America) ara (bird)

### Further reading

* “ara”, 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

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɑːra/
* Rhymes: -²ɑːra

### Noun

ara c
* ara (macaw)
    Synonym: arapapegoja

#### See also

* papegoja (“parrot”)

### References

* ara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hala. Cognates include Hawaiian ala, Maori ara, Samoan ala, Rapa Nui ara.

### Noun

ara
* path, route, trail

## Ternate
### Etymology

Cognate with Tidore ora (“moon”) and possibly West Makian odo (“moon”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈa.ɾa]

### Noun

ara
* the moon
* calendar

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ.ˈɾɑ/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

ara
* singular dative of ar

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرا (ara), from Proto-Turkic *hār- (“split, divide, cleave in twain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀 (r¹a /⁠āra⁠/).

#### Noun

ara (definite accusative arayı, plural aralar)
* space or time between two things
* (theater, music) interval, entr'acte, interlude
* (sports, military) distance between two people in a line formation, e.g. elbow, arm, double arm
* (sports) half-time, time-out
* midst

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
ara
aralar
definite accusative
arayı
araları
dative
araya
aralara
locative
arada
aralarda
ablative
aradan
aralardan
genitive
aranın
araların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
aram
aralarım
2nd singular
aran
araların
3rd singular
arası
araları
1st plural
aramız
aralarımız
2nd plural
aranız
aralarınız
3rd plural
araları
araları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
aramı
aralarımı
2nd singular
aranı
aralarını
3rd singular
arasını
aralarını
1st plural
aramızı
aralarımızı
2nd plural
aranızı
aralarınızı
3rd plural
aralarını
aralarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
arama
aralarıma
2nd singular
arana
aralarına
3rd singular
arasına
aralarına
1st plural
aramıza
aralarımıza
2nd plural
aranıza
aralarınıza
3rd plural
aralarına
aralarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
aramda
aralarımda
2nd singular
aranda
aralarında
3rd singular
arasında
aralarında
1st plural
aramızda
aralarımızda
2nd plural
aranızda
aralarınızda
3rd plural
aralarında
aralarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
aramdan
aralarımdan
2nd singular
arandan
aralarından
3rd singular
arasından
aralarından
1st plural
aramızdan
aralarımızdan
2nd plural
aranızdan
aralarınızdan
3rd plural
aralarından
aralarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
aramın
aralarımın
2nd singular
aranın
aralarının
3rd singular
arasının
aralarının
1st plural
aramızın
aralarımızın
2nd plural
aranızın
aralarınızın
3rd plural
aralarının
aralarının :

##### Derived terms

* ara ara
* ara bulmak
* ara bulucu
* ara sıra
* arada bir
* arada sırada
* aradan çıkarmak
* aralıksız
* arası açılmak
* arasında
* arasız
* bir ara
* bir arada

#### Adjective

ara
* That which is in between.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ara
* second-person singular imperative of aramak

### References

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

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* era

### Etymology

From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.

### Noun

ara f (plural are)
* farmyard (courtyard of a farm)

## Yoruba

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Etymology 1

Picture dictionary :
ara :
* 1= orí, orúwo, orígho
* 2= ojú
* 3= ọrùn
* 4= èjìká
* 5= àyà
* 6= idodo, ìwọ́
* 7= ikùn, ukù
* 8= ìbàdí
* 9= okó
* 10–14= ẹsẹ̀
* 10= itan,
* 11= orúnkún, eékún, ụkọkọ
* 12= ojúgun, àgbákòrójú
* 13= ọrùn-ẹsẹ̀, ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n-ẹsẹ̀
* 14= ẹsẹ̀, ẹ̀tụ̀pá
* 15–19= apá, aká
* 16= ìgúnpá, ùgóká, ukókó-uká
* 18= ọrùn-ọwọ́, ọ̀gụ̀nrụ̀n ọọ́
* 19= ọwọ́, ọọ́
Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-la, cognates include Igala ọ́la.

#### Alternative forms

* ارَ
* ọra

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɾā/

#### Noun

ara
* body

#### Interjection

ara!
* (Ekiti) hello
    Synonyms: okun, ọra

##### Derived terms

* ìn ara

#### Notes

* This greeting in Sense 2 is used only among southern speakers of the Ekiti dialect, including speakers of the Akure dialect

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic رَعْد (raʕd).

#### Alternative forms

* ààrá

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.ɾá/

#### Noun

àrá
* thunder
    Synonyms: àpáàrá, àrìrà

##### Derived terms

* ẹdùn àrá (“thunderbolt”)

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* irá (Ilajẹ)
* iá (Ondo)
* ịrá (Ekiti)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.ɾá/

#### Noun

ará
* relative, family, relations, member
* people, kin, folk
    Ará Ìbàdàn ― The people of Ibadan

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.ɾà/

#### Noun

àrà
* wonder, miracle, spectacle

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.ɾà/

#### Noun

àrà
* style, fashion
    Synonym: oge

## Zazaki
### Noun

ara (c)
* breakfast