яр

• IPA^(key): [jɑr]
• Hyphenation: яр (one syllable)

From Proto-Turkic *yār (“steep bank, shore”).

Cognate with Kazakh жар (jar, “steep bank”), Kyrgyz жар (jar), Southern Altai јар (ǰar), Uyghur يار (yar, “steep bank; cliff, ravine”), Khakas чар (çar, “bank, shore”), Turkish yar (“cliff”), Yakut сыыр (sıır, “hill”), Chuvash ҫыр (śyr), etc.

яр • (yar)

1. bank, shore, coast, beach

From Proto-Turkic *yar (“order; announcement; law, justice”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jar, “order, instruction”); Kazakh жар (jar, “herald's message”), Kyrgyz жар (jar, “herald's message; announcement, call”), Southern Altai јар (ǰar, “announcement, call”), Tuvan чар (çar, “announcement”), etc.

яр • (yar)

1. (historical) message delivered by heralds

Inherited from Old Slovak jar, from Proto-Slavic *jarь. Cognates include Slovak jar and Carpathian Rusyn ярь (jarʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: яр

яр (jar) f (related adjective ярнї)

1. spring

• seasons: рочни часци (ročni časci): яр (jar) · лєто (ljeto) · єшень (ješenʹ) · жима (žima) ^[edit]

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “яр”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

• IPA^(key): [jar]
• Rhymes: -ar

From Turkic. Per Chernykh akin to я́рус (járus).

яр • (jar) m inan (genitive я́ра, nominative plural я́ры, genitive plural я́ров)

1. steep bank, ravine

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яр”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “яр”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 471

яр • (jar)

1. short masculine singular of я́рый (járyj)

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *yār. Compare Tatar яр (yar) and Bashkir яр (yar).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjär]
• Rhymes: -är
• Hyphenation: яр

яр • (jar)

1. precipice, cliff, ravine, steep bank
2. (dialectal) turf, sod

• (precipice, cliff): ӟусдор (dźusdor) (dialectal)
• (turf, sod): ожо (ožo)

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “яр”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 823
• T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 88
• Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 74

• IPA^(key): [jar]

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From Turkic.

яр • (jar) m inan (genitive я́ру, nominative plural яри́, genitive plural ярі́в)

1. steep bank, gully, ravine

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яр • (jar) f inan (genitive я́рі, uncountable)

1. a kind of paint made from copper

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