یار

See also: يار and ياز

Persian

Etymology

Contraction of Middle Persian (and archaic New Persian) یاور (yâvar). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian hyʾr (/⁠hayyār⁠/, helper, friend). Related to عیار ('ayyâr, ayyar).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yār
Dari reading? yār
Iranian reading? yâr
Tajik reading? yor
  • Rhymes: -âr

Noun

Dari یار
Iranian Persian
Tajik ёр

یار • (yâr) (plural یاران (yârân))

  1. (literary) friend, lover, companion
  2. (literary) assistant, defender, helper
  3. (sports) a player in a team
  4. strength, power
  5. pestle

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: yar
  • Bashkir: йәр (yər)
  • Chagatai: يار
  • Gujarati: યાર (yār)
  • Hindustani:
  • Kazakh: жар (jar)
  • Middle Armenian: եար (ear)
  • Ottoman Turkish: یار (yār)
  • Punjabi: یار (yār) / ਯਾਰ (yār)
  • Rajasthani: यार (yār)

See also

References

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یار (yār).

Pronunciation

Noun

یار • (yār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਯਾਰ)

  1. friend, pal
  2. dude, bro

Declension

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Declension of یار
dir. sg. یَار (yār)
dir. pl. یَار (yār)
singular plural
direct یَار (yār) یَار (yār)
oblique یَار (yār) یَاراں (yārāṉ)
vocative یَارا (yārā) یَارو (yāro)
ablative یَاروں (yāroṉ)
locative یَارے (yāre) یَارِیں (yārīṉ)
instrumental یَارے (yāre) یَارِیں (yārīṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “یار”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਯਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یار (yār).

Pronunciation

Noun

یار • (yār) m or f (Hindi spelling यार)

  1. pal
  2. buddy
  3. friend
  4. comrade
  5. companion
  6. lover
  7. mistress

Descendants

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu یار (yār).

Noun

یار (yār)

  1. friend, buddy, pal
  2. lover
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