different between afar vs agar

English

Etymology

From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) +? far.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??fa?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??f??/

Adverb

afar

1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

   He was seen from afar.

   He loved her from afar.

Usage notes

• Often used with from preceding, or formerly with off following.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:afar.

Translations

Anagrams

• AFRA, FARA, Fara, RAAF, RAFA

Chuukese

Noun

afar

1. shoulder (of humans and animals)

Finnish

Noun

afar

1. Afar (language).
2. An Afar (person).

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fa?/

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

   L'afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs.

Adjective

afar (feminine singular afare, masculine plural afars, feminine plural afares)

1. Related to the Afar people.

   Les nomades afars.

   Les tribus afares.

Further reading

• “afar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Gothic

Romanization

afar

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse afar, from Proto-Germanic *abraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?var/
• Rhymes: -a?var

Adverb

afar (not comparable)

1. very, immensely, ever so, highly, most

Noun

afar

1. indefinite nominative plural of afi

Further reading

• afar in Icelandic dictionaries at ISLEX
• afar in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Anagrams

• fara

Italian

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

Anagrams

• farà

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarer, definite plural afarene)

1. Afar (language)

   Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)

   Afar is a Cushitic language spoken in Afar in Ethiopia.

2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

References

• “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)

1. Afar (language)
2. Afar (ethnic group)
3. Afar (region)

Usage notes

This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.

Old Norse

Adverb

afar

1. used as an intensive before an adjective or another adverb; very, exceedingly

References

• afar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

afar m (plural afar)

1. (uncountable) Afar (language)
2. one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa

Somali

Numeral

afar

1. four

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?fa?/, [a?fa?]

Noun

afar m (uncountable)

1. Afar (language)

Swedish

Noun

afar ?

1. the Afar language

Synonyms

• afariska

Anagrams

• fara

English

Etymology

From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?e?.??/, /?e?.???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.???/, /?æ.???/, /?e?????/

Noun

agar (countable and uncountable, plural agars)

1. A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
2. A culture medium based on this material.

Synonyms

• agal-agal
• agar-agar
• E406 when used as a food additive

Translations

See also

• agarose
• agaropectin

Anagrams

• Agra, Raga, agra, raag, raga

Czech

Etymology

From Malay agar or agar-agar, both meaning jelly.

Noun

agar m

1. agar (material obtained from the marine algae)

Estonian

Etymology

Of Finnic origin. Cognate to Finnish häkärä (“eagerness to do something; ardent desire, lust”), Karelian häkärä (“lust, lechery”) and Livonian ag?r (“lively”). See also Finnish häkärä (“mist, fog”) and Finnish ahkera (“hardworking”).

Adjective

agar (genitive agara, partitive agarat)

1. eager, willing

Declension

Finnish

Noun

agar

1. Synonym of agar-agar.

Declension

French

Noun

agar m (uncountable)

1. Synonym of agar-agar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto agi, French agir, German agieren, Italian agire, Spanish agir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??ar/

Verb

agar (present agas, past agis, future agos, conditional agus, imperative agez)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to do, act

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

• facar (“to make; to do, perform”)
• agendo (“agenda”)
• akto (“act”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay agar.

Conjunction

agar

1. so that, in order that
2. to, in order to

Synonyms

• supaya - Supaya and agar are often used together as "agar supaya" to mean "in order to". However, using either one alone is fine.

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English agar, from Malay.

Noun

agar m (genitive singular agair, nominative plural agair)

1. agar

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

agar m

1. Alternative form of agairt (“plea; vengeance, retribution”)

Mutation

Further reading

• "agar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Kalasha

Noun

agar

1. rest day

Latin

Verb

agar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of ag?
   1. "I shall be done, I shall be made"
   2. "I shall be accomplished, I shall be managed, I shall be achieved"
   3. "I shall be performed, I shall be transacted"
   4. "I shall be driven, I shall be conducted"
   5. "I shall be pushed, I shall be moved, I shall be impelled"
   6. "I shall be guided, I shall be governed, I shall be administered"
   7. "I shall be discussed, I shall be pleaded, I shall be deliberated"
   8. "I shall be thought upon"
   9. "I shall be stirred up, I shall be excited, I shall be caused, I shall be induced"
   10. "I shall be chased, I shall be pursued"
   11. (of a course of action) "I shall be driven, I shall be pursued"
   12. "I shall be robbed, I shall be stolen, I shall be plundered, I shall be carried off"
   13. (of time) "I shall be passed, I shall be spent"
   14. (of offerings) "I shall be slain, I shall be killed (as a sacrifice)"
   15. (of plants) "I shall be put forth, I shall be sprouted, I shall be extended"
2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ag?
   1. "may I be done, may I be made"
   2. "may I be accomplished, may I be managed, may I be achieved"
   3. "may I be performed, may I be transacted"
   4. "may I be driven, may I be conducted"
   5. "may I be pushed, may I be moved, may I be impelled"
   6. "may I be guided, may I be governed, may I be administered"
   7. "may I be discussed, may I be pleaded, may I be deliberated"
   8. "may I be thought upon"
   9. "may I be stirred up, may I be excited, may I be caused, may I be induced"
   10. "may I be chased, may I be pursued"
   11. (of a course of action) "may I be driven, may I be pursued"
   12. "may I be robbed, may I be stolen, may I be plundered, may I be carried off"
   13. (of time) "may I be passed, may I be spent"
   14. (of offerings) "may I be slain, may I be killed (as a sacrifice)"
   15. (of plants) "may I be put forth, may I be sprouted, may I be extended"

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?a(r)/
• Rhymes: -a?a(r), -?a(r), -a(r)

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Sanskrit ???? (agra).

Conjunction

agar (Jawi spelling ????)

1. so that (in order to)

Synonyms

• supaya / ???????

Descendants

• Indonesian: agar

Etymology 2

Noun

agar (Jawi spelling ????, plural agar-agar, informal 1st possessive agarku, impolite 2nd possessive agarmu, 3rd possessive agarnya)

1. agar (a material obtained from the marine algae), agar-agar
2. agar (chemistry)

Derived terms

• agar-agar

Descendants

• ? Czech: agar
• ? English: agar
• Indonesian: agar
• ? Spanish: agar

Old Irish

Verb

·agar

1. passive singular present indicative of aigid

Verb

agar

1. inflection of aigid:
   1. passive singular present indicative relative
   2. passive singular imperative

Mutation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??a?/, [a???a?]

Noun

agar m (plural agares)

1. Alternative form of agar-agar

Further reading

• “agar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

agar

1. indefinite plural of ag

Verb

agar

1. present tense of aga.

Anagrams

• arga

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ???? (agar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????r/

Conjunction

agar

1. if (supposing that)