quar
English
Noun
quar (plural quars)
- (obsolete) A quarry
- 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
- A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.
- (slang) quarantine
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *klā(u)ra, related to qos. Cognate to Ancient Greek κλᾰδᾰρός (kladarós, “fragile”), Old Irish claidim (“to empty”).[1]
Related terms
References
- A Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “quar”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
Ido
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Cardinal: quar Ordinal: quaresma Adverbial: quarfoye Multiplier: quaropla Fractional: quarima |
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto kvar, French quatre, Italian quattro, Spanish cuatro, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwar/
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