different between maar vs makar

English

Etymology

From German Maar; English usage from 1825, from Vulgar Latin *mara (“standing water”), from Latin mare (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: mar

Noun

maar (plural maars or maare)

1. (geology) A broad volcanic crater, usually filled with water to form a lake.

See also

• crater lake

Anagrams

• -rama, ARMA, Amar, Aram, Mara, Rama, R?ma, mara

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• ma' (Cape Afrikaans)
• maa' (Cape Afrikaans)
• mar (colloquial, dialectal)

Etymology

From Dutch maar, from Middle Dutch maer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??r/

Adverb

maar

1. only; solely; just

2. slightly; a bit; a little

3. please

4. feel free; please

5. quite; really

6. so long or just (often apologetically)

7. still; continuously

Usage notes

Maar has many synonyms which is often used alongside it with no change in meaning, however to the native ear the use of maar without these synonyms can in some contexts sound odd. In some cases using maar with one of its synonyms helps to clear up ambiguity.

Synonyms

Conjunction

maar

1. but; however

Synonyms

• dog

See also

• egter

Noun

maar (plural maars or mare)

1. (uncommon) but

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?r/
• Hyphenation: maar
• Rhymes: -a?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch maer, m?re, mar, mer, apheretic variant of nemaer, nem?re, from earlier newaer, neware (“except, however, only”), from ne ware (“were not”).

Adverb

maar

1. only, just
   • 1971, Ben Cramer, "De clown".

   Het was maar een vraag! / Het is maar een kwestie van tijd!

   It was only a question! / It is only a matter of time!

2. as long as; only
3. just; a modal particle indicating a certain degree of indifference towards the result.

   Leg het lepeltje maar op het schoteltje van het koffiekopje.

   Just (go ahead and) place the spoon on the saucer of the coffee cup.

Derived terms

• nog maar
• zeg maar
• maar liefst

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maar

Conjunction

maar

1. but
   • 1971, Ben Cramer, "De clown".

2. yet; only
3. but then

Derived terms

• maren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: maar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

maar

1. first-person singular present indicative of maren
2. imperative of maren

Anagrams

• raam

Finnish

Etymology

From Maria (“Mary, mother of Jesus Christ”)

Interjection

maar

1. (dialectal, Turku region) Used as fortifier after e.g. words kyllä (“yes”), totta (“true”).

Anagrams

• Mara, mara

English

Etymology

From Scots makar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mak?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæk?/

Noun

makar (plural makars)

1. A poet writing in Scots.

Anagrams

• Karam, karma, krama

Basque

Noun

makar inan

1. gum (in the eye)

Icelandic

Noun

makar

1. indefinite nominative plural of maki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

makar m

1. indefinite plural of make

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English maker; equivalent to English maker.

Noun

makar (plural makars)

1. maker, creator
2. author, writer, poet

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?kar/

Adverb

màkar (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. at least
2. even if, regardless

Synonyms

• (at least): b?r, bàrem, n?jmanj?
• (even if, regardless): ?ak i ako, iako

Swedish

Noun

makar

1. indefinite plural of make

Verb

makar

1. present tense of maka.

Anagrams

• krama