غار

See also: عار and غاز

Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root غ ي ر (ḡ-y-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaː.ra/

Verb

غَارَ (ḡāra) I, non-past يَغَارُ‎ (yaḡāru)

  1. (intransitive) to be jealous (envious) (+ مِنْ (min): of)
  2. (intransitive, + عَلَى (ʿalā, for), + مِن (min, against)) to show a jealous sort of protectiveness; typically regarding a female family member, which is a virtue in traditional oriental understanding
    لَنْ أَدْخُلَ‏ دَارًا‏ لِرَجُلٍ لَا يَغَارُ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ.
    lan ʾadḵula dāran lirajulin lā yaḡāru ʿalā mraʾatihi.
    I won't enter the house of a man who isn't protective of his wife.
  3. (intransitive) to display zeal or to display vie (+ عَلَى (ʿalā): for)

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic غَار (ḡār), from Arabic مَغَارَة (maḡāra), from Parthian mgʾdg (maγādag, cave).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian غار
Iranian Persian غار
Tajiki Persian ғор (ġor)

غار (ğâr)

  1. cave
  2. cavern
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