ayr

See also: Ayr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Aymara or Spanish aymara.

Symbol

ayr

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Central Aymara.

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: air, ere, Ayr, heir

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Manx ayr. Doublet of faeder, father, padre, pater, and père.

Noun

ayr

1. (Isle of Man) father

Etymology 2

Noun

ayr

1. Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music).
   • 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Chapter 24”, in Leviathan:

     "But that Coyne, which is not considerable for the Matter, but for the Stamp of the place, being unable to endure change of ayr, hath its effect at home only; where also it is subject to the change of Laws, and thereby to have the value diminished, to the prejudice many times of those that have it."

References

• Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley (2003)

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, RYA, Ray, ary, ra'y, ray, rya, yar, γ ray, γ-ray

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [aɪr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɛːr]

Noun

ayr m

1. air