янтар

From dialectal Old Lithuanian jentãras, gentãras, literary giñtaras, gintãras (modern Lithuanian giñtaras). Possibly entered Belarusian via either Old Ruthenian єнтарь (jentarʹ) or Russian янтарь (jantarʹ).

• IPA^(key): [janˈtar]
• Rhymes: -ar

янта́р • (jantár) m inan (genitive янтару́, uncountable)

1. amber (fossil resin)

   Synonym: буршты́н (burštýn)

• “янтар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “янтар”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

From Middle Ukrainian єнта́рь (jentárʹ), borrowed from Lithuanian jentaras, giñtaras, gẽntaras.

• IPA^(key): [jɐnˈtar]

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янта́р • (jantár) m inan (genitive янтарю́, uncountable, relational adjective янта́рний or янтаре́вий)

1. amber (fossil resin)

   Synonym: буршти́н m (burštýn)

янта́р • (jantár) m inan (genitive янтарю́, nominative plural янтарі́, genitive plural янтарі́в)

1. amber (object made of amber)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “янтар”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “янтар”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)