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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Anaguta with r as a placeholder.

Symbol

nar

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

See also

Abinomn

Pronoun

nar

  1. they (dual)

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑr/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian نار (nâr).

Noun

nar (definite accusative narı, plural narlar)

  1. pomegranate
Declension
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic نَار (nār)

Noun

nar (definite accusative narı, sound plural narlar, broken plural niran)

  1. (Classical Azerbaijani) fire
    Synonyms: atəş, od
    • 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.
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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نار (nar), ultimately borrowed from Persian نار (nâr), انار (anâr).

Noun

nar

  1. pomegranate

Declension

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Danish

Etymology

From German Narr. Cognate with Swedish narr.

Noun

nar c (singular definite narren, plural indefinite narre)

  1. fool, idiot
  2. (chiefly historical) a fool, a jester

Declension

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Synonyms

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Daur

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *naran, compare Mongolian нар (nar).

Pronunciation

Noun

nar

  1. sun
    Coordinate term: sar (moon)

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)

  1. (masculine, history) court jester
  2. (common) fool

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: nar

Egyptian

Romanization

nar

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of nꜥr.

Irish

Particle

nar

  1. (nonstandard) unstressed form of nár
  2. (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?

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)

  1. (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, →DOI, →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

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Etymology

From Arabic نَار (nār).

Pronunciation

Noun

nar m (plural nirien)

  1. fire
  2. fireworks

Derived terms

  • aħmar nar
  • ġobon tan-nar
  • karozza tan-nar
  • nar tat-tiben

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic نَار (nār).

Pronunciation

Noun

nar ?

  1. fire

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *na:r. Cognate with Khasi nar.

Pronunciation

Noun

nar

  1. iron (metal)

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Narr.

Noun

nar m (plural nars)

  1. fool

Alternative forms

Adjective

nar m (feminine singular narra, masculine plural nars, feminine plural narras)

  1. crazy, mad

Alternative forms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Univerbation of an (in) + ar (our).

Pronunciation

Preposition

nar (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

  1. in our

Inflection

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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)

  1. pomegranate
    Synonyms: granat, mogranj, morski šipak, šipak

Declension

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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)

  1. pomegranate
Declension
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Etymology 2

Noun

nar

  1. misspelling of nâr (fire)

Venetan

Verb

nar

  1. alternative form of ndar

Wolof

Verb

nar

  1. to lie

Conjugation

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References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 18

Yola

Conjunction

nar

  1. 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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