ajar

See also: Ajar

English

WOTD – 9 December 2015

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒɑɹ/
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Etymology 1

From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from Old English ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- +‎ char. Akin to Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.

Adverb

ajar (not comparable)

  1. Slightly turned or opened.
    The door was standing ajar.
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Adjective

ajar (comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar)

  1. Slightly turned or opened.
    The door is ajar.
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Verb

ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

  1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
    • 1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, Volume 10,
      A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
    • 1977, Bill Reed, Dogod,
      Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars, if it hasn't jarred too much already.
    • 2007, Loki, Shard of the Ancient,
      Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.

Etymology 2

a- (“in, at”) +‎ jar (“discord, disagreement”)

Adverb

ajar (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Out of harmony.
  2. Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.14:
      There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar [...].
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Verb

ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

  1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
    • 1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, Volume 36,
      It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.
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Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dʒar/

Verb

ajar (used in the form mengajar)

  1. to teach

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher, master”).

Verb

ajar (used in the form mengajar)

  1. to teach

Derived terms

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older ahajar, from Old Spanish haja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈxaɾ/

Verb

ajar (first-person singular present ajo, first-person singular preterite ajé, past participle ajado)

  1. (transitive and reflexive) to fade, wither

Conjugation

        Conjugation of ajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive ajar
    gerund ajando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular ajado ajada
    plural ajados ajadas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present ajo ajastú
    ajásvos    		 aja ajamos ajáis ajan
    imperfect ajaba ajabas ajaba ajábamos ajabais ajaban
    preterite ajé ajaste ajó ajamos ajasteis ajaron
    future ajaré ajarás ajará ajaremos ajaréis ajarán
    conditional ajaría ajarías ajaría ajaríamos ajaríais ajarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present aje ajestú
    ajésvos2    		 aje ajemos ajéis ajen
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 ajara ajaras ajara ajáramos ajarais ajaran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 ajase ajases ajase ajásemos ajaseis ajasen
    future1 ajare ajares ajare ajáremos ajareis ajaren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative ajatú
    ajávos    		 aje ajemos ajad ajen
    negative no ajes no aje no ajemos no ajéis no ajen
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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