Baars

Baars

1. plural of Baar

• Arabs, Baras, Basra, Sabra, abras, arbas, sabar, sabra

First attested as baersdijc in 1340. Derived from baars (“perch, Perca sp.”). Originally the name of a farmstead.

• IPA^(key): /baːrs/

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• Hyphenation: Baars
• Rhymes: -aːrs
• Homophone: baars

Baars n

1. a hamlet in Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• baars (Veldeke spelling)
• Baasch (Southern East-Limburgish, East Limburgish-Ripuarian, Süchteln)
• Bäärs (Castenray)
• Boors (Hoeselt, Genk)
• Boos (Tongerlandish)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː˨ʁs/
• Rhymes: -aːʁs

Baars m (plural Baarse or Bäärs or Beers, diminutive Bäärske or Beerske) (German-based spelling)

1. perch (fish of the genus Perca)