afar

From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) +‎ far.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈfɑɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈfɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑː

afar

1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

   He was seen from afar.

   He loved her from afar.

• Often used with from preceding, or formerly with off following.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:afar.

• AFRA, FARA, Fara, RAAF, RAFA

afar

1. shoulder (of humans and animals)

From Afar qafar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɑr/, [ˈɑ̝fɑ̝r]
• Rhymes: -ɑfɑr
• Syllabification^(key): a‧far
• Hyphenation^(key): afar

afar

1. Afar (language).
2. An Afar (person).

• IPA^(key): /a.faʁ/

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afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

   L'afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs. ― Afar is spoken by 1.5 million people.

afar (feminine afare, masculine plural afars, feminine plural afares)

1. (relational) Afar

   les nomades afars ― the Afar nomads

   les tribus afares ― the Afar tribes

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

afar

1. romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːvar/
• Rhymes: -aːvar

From Old Norse afar, from Proto-Germanic *abraz.

afar (not comparable)

1. very, immensely, ever so, highly, most

   Ég yrði þér afar þakklátur ef þú gerðir þetta fyrir mig.

   I would be most grateful to you if you did this for me.

afar

1. indefinite nominative plural of afi

• “afar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• afar in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

• fara

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

• farà

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarer, definite plural afarene)

1. Afar (language)

   Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)

   Afar is a Cushitic language spoken in Afar in Ethiopia.

2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

• “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)

1. Afar (language)
2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌfɑr/

āfar

1. singular imperative of āfaran

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈavar/

afar

1. used as an intensive before an adjective or another adverb; very, exceedingly (Can we add an example for this sense?)

This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “afar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

afar m (invariable)

1. (uncountable) Afar (language)
2. one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa

afar m

1. (uncountable) Afar (language)
2. one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa

Somali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : afar     Ordinal : afaraad

Probably from Proto-Cushitic *far- (“finger”), referring to the fingers of the hand, with the thumb not considered a primary finger. Compare Somali far (“finger”).

Cognate with Oromo afur and Afar ferey.

afar

1. four

• IPA^(key): /aˈfaɾ/ [aˈfaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧far

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

afar c

1. the Afar language

• afariska

• fara

• afā — Central Tarifit
• afriw

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

afar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔ, plural afriwen, diminutive tafart or tifrešt)

1. wing (of a bird, bat, insect)
2. fin (of a fish)
3. leaf, foliage
4. sheet (of paper, metal)
5. branch (of a tree)

• tafaruyt (“iris”)