jara

See also: jarda, Jara, Jára, and jar'ã

Esperanto

Etymology

From jaro (“year”) +‎ -a.

Adjective

jara (accusative singular jaran, plural jaraj, accusative plural jarajn)

  1. annual

Derived terms

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjara/

Adjective

jara

  1. nominative singular feminine of jary

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *erǭ (“fight”).

Noun

jara f (genitive jara, plural jǫru)

  1. (poetic) fight, battle

Declension

Descendants

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jâra/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ra

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Church Slavonic ꙗра (jara, “spring”), from Proto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Alternative forms

Noun

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

  1. (archaic) spring (season)
  2. barley sown in summer
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Akin to Old Church Slavonic ꙗръ (jarŭ, “fury”), from Proto-Slavic *ěrъ (“furious”).

Alternative forms

Noun

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

  1. great heat, often from an oven or furnace
  2. vehemence, intensity, ferocity
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Probably from ahar, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare Turkish ahor, ahır).

Noun

jȁra f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ра)

  1. winter stabling for cattle

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic شَعْرَاء‎ (šaʿrāʾ), whose original meaning of 'hairy' extended to refer to places covered in vegetation (vd. Latin comātus for an analogous process), from شَعْر‎ (šaʿr, “hair, fur, bristle”)

Noun

jara f (plural jaras)

  1. rockrose (plant in the genus Cistus or the genus Halimium)
  2. a pointed stick that has been hardened by fire, and can be used as a projectile weapon

Adjective

jara

  1. Feminine singular of adjective jaro.
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