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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nar"
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Anaguta with r as a placeholder.
Symbol
nar
See also
Abinomn
Pronoun
nar
- they (dual)
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian نار (nâr).
Noun
nar (definite accusative narı, plural narlar)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic نَار (nār)
Noun
nar (definite accusative narı, sound plural narlar, broken plural niran)
- (Classical Azerbaijani) fire
- 1369 – 1417, Imadaddin Nasimi, Ghazel :
- نار منم شجر منم عرشه چیقان حجر منم
کور بو اودنک زبانه سین من بو زبانه صغمزم- Nar mənəm, şəcər mənəm, ərşə çıqan həcər mənəm,
Gör bu oduŋ zəbanəsin, mən bu zəbanə sığmazam. - I am the burning bush. I am the rock that rises to the heaven
Behold this tongue of flame, no tongue is able to contain me.
- Nar mənəm, şəcər mənəm, ərşə çıqan həcər mənəm,
- نار منم شجر منم عرشه چیقان حجر منم
Declension
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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), ultimately borrowed from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).
Noun
nar
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Noun
nar c (singular definite narren, plural indefinite narre)
- fool, idiot
- (chiefly historical) a fool, a jester
Declension
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “nar” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Daur
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *naran, compare Mongolian нар (nar).
Pronunciation
Noun
nar
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch narre, borrowed from Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown; compare German Narr.
Pronunciation
Noun
nar m or c (plural narren, diminutive narretje n)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: nar
Egyptian
Romanization
nar
Irish
Particle
nar
- (nonstandard) unstressed form of nár
- (classical, interrogative particle) obsolete form of ar
- Nar mharbhus tú?
- Did I kill you?
- An mbéarthaoi dhá uair Eimhear? “Could Eimhear have been born twice?”, Bardic Poetry Database:
- Máire munbadh í Eamhear / nár geinedh no an ngeinfeadhear / ochta mar úan na mara / dá snúadh corcra as cosmhala
- Máire – if she was not Eimhear – has there been born or will there be – (breasts like the foam of the sea) – two purple complexions more alike?
- Máire munbadh í Eamhear / nár geinedh no an ngeinfeadhear / ochta mar úan na mara / dá snúadh corcra as cosmhala
- Nar mharbhus tú?
Usage notes
In the classical standard of bardic poetry nar was the past form of the interrogative particle used to form positive questions. In later early modern prose it was replaced by ar, which is still the standard modern form.
Particle
nar (triggers lenition, before vowels narbh)
- (classical, copular) obsolete form of ar
- 1618, Aodh Mac Aingil, edited by Cainneach Ó Maonaigh, Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithridhe, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1952, lines 2873–4, page 88:
- .i. dá marbhtha sagart ⁊ tú a n-ainbhfios ’nar shagurt é
- i.e. if you were to kill a priest unaware whether he was a priest
References
- Osborn Bergin (1916), “Irish Grammatical Tracts (Introductory)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, , →JSTOR, §16, page 7: “Gach pearsa aga bfuil .r. ar a hitche .n. as cóir ar a fíafruighidh ar láindeimhnioghadh. An phearsa ag nach bfhuil, ní cóir .n. ar a fíafruighidh, mur tá so: ar mharbhus tú? lochdach; nar mharbhus tú? as cóir ann”
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nar m (plural nirien)
Derived terms
- aħmar nar
- ġobon tan-nar
- karozza tan-nar
- nar tat-tiben
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nar ?
Pnar
Etymology
From Proto-Khasian *na:r. Cognate with Khasi nar.
Pronunciation
Noun
nar
- iron (metal)
Romansch
Etymology
Noun
nar m (plural nars)
Alternative forms
Adjective
nar m (feminine singular narra, masculine plural nars, feminine plural narras)
Alternative forms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Univerbation of an (“in”) + ar (“our”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
nar (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)
Inflection
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis;
N Triggers eclipsis; 1) Used before b-, f-, m- or p-
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).
Pronunciation
Noun
nȁr m inan (Cyrillic spelling на̏р)
- pomegranate
- Synonyms: granat, mogranj, morski šipak, šipak
Declension
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr), ultimately from an unknown origin. Compare Sumerian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurma/, “pomegranate”), Akkadian 𒉡𒌫𒈠 (NU-UR2-MA /nurmû/), Hurrian 𒉡𒊏𒀭𒋾 (nu-ra-an-ti /nuranti/, “pomegranate”), Hittite 𒉡𒌫𒈬 (/nurmû/, “pomegranate”).
Noun
nar (definite accusative narı, plural narlar)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
nar
- misspelling of nâr (fire)
Venetan
Verb
nar
- alternative form of ndar
Wolof
Verb
nar
- to lie
Conjugation
References
Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 18
Yola
Conjunction
nar
- alternative form of noor
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
- Na speen to be multh, nar flaase to be shaure.
- no teat to be milked, nor fleece to be shorn.
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 16-18:
- y'ast, bie ractzom o'honde, ee-delt t'ouz ye laas ee-mate var ercha vassale, ne'er dwythen na dicke waie nar dicka.
- you have with impartial hand ministered the laws made for every subject, without regard to this party or that.
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 1-2:
- Ye state na dicke daie o'ye londe, na whilke be nar fash nar moile, albiet 'constitutional agitation,'
- The condition, this day, of the country, in which is neither tumult nor disorder, but that constitutional agitation,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114
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