different between yar vs yan

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /j??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?aren, ?urren, ?eorren, from Old English ?eorran, ?irran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerran? (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?er- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

Alternative forms

• yarr

Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

1. (Britain dialectal) Sour; brackish.

Derived terms

• yarrish

Etymology 3

From Middle English yar, ?ar, variants of yare, ?are, from Old English ?earu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Alternative forms

• yare

Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
   • 1390 J. Gower, Confessio Amantis II. 237

     The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.

   • 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry

     My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.

   • 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

     ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.

   • 1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06

     Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.

Synonyms

• yare

Anagrams

• -ary, Ary, Ayr, RYA, Ray, ary, ayr, ra'y, ray, rya, ? ray, ?-ray

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian ???? (yâr).

Noun

yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)

1. (poetic) beloved, sweetheart
2. (dated) friend
3. (dated) helper

Declension

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. hen

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yar? (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. chicken, hen

Derived terms

Kalasha

Noun

yar

1. friend

Synonyms

• dus
• dust
• malgiri
• raphek
• yardus

Middle English

Determiner

yar

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of þeir

Somali

Adjective

yar

1. small

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jahr (“year”).

Noun

yar

1. year

   Synonym: yia

2. Pleiades
3. a kind of tree (Casuarina sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Murphy, John J. (1985) The Book of Pidgin English = Buk Bilong Tok Pisin, revised edition, Robert Brown & Associates, ?ISBN, page 110
• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008) Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, ?ISBN, page 123

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yar, “precipice”), from Old Turkic y?r ("steep slope"), from Proto-Turkic *y?r (“precipice, steep bank”). More at ??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?/

Noun

yar (definite accusative yar?, plural yarlar)

1. cliff, scarp, precipice

Declension

Synonyms

• uçurum

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?/

Verb

yar

1. imperative of yarmak

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (y?r, “friend, a beloved friend, one's lover”), from Persian ???? (yâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja??/

Noun

yar (definite accusative yari, plural yarlar)

1. beloved; lover
2. friend

Declension

• Before consonantal endings, the stem vowel is pronounced short and the endings themselves have back vowels. In the accusative, dative, and genitive singular, the stem vowel is pronounced long and the endings accordingly take front vowels. The declension is thus irregular:

Singular: nom. yar — acc. yari — dat. yare — loc. yarda — abl. yardan — gen. yarin

Plural: nom. yarlar — acc. yarlar? — dat. yarlara — loc. yarlarda — abl. yarlardan — gen. yarlar?n

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæn/, /j?n/

Etymology 1

Along with ane and yen, a Northumbrian form of one, from the Old English ?n. An example is "yan, twee, tree" for "one, two, three".

Numeral

yan

1. (Northumbria) One.

Derived terms

• yance or yence

References

• Griffiths, Bill (2004) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN, page 191
• Leith, Dick (1997) A Social History of English, Routledge, ?ISBN, page 45

Etymology 2

From Brythonic numerals, with influence from Old English ?n or modern Northern English yan or yen.

Numeral

yan

1. (Cumbria) One in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.

Derived terms

See also

• (Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

References

• Wright, Peter (1995) Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 7
• Deakin, Michael A.B. (2007) , Leigh-Lancaster, David, editor, The Name of the Number?^[1], Australian Council for Educational Research, ?ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, page 75
• Varvogli, Aliki (2002) Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide?^[2], Continuum International Publishing Group, ?ISBN, retrieved 2008-05-17, pages 24-25

Anagrams

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, any, any%, ayn, nay

Azerbaijani

Etymology

from Proto-Turkic *y?n (“side”). Cognate with Chuvash ??? (?um), etc.

Noun

yan (definite accusative yan?, plural yanlar)

1. side

   Synonym: t?r?f

2. (anatomy) buttock

Declension

Derived terms

• yan?nda (“next to”)
• yan?na (“to”)
• yan baxmaq (“to look askance, look sideways”)

Bambara

Adverb

yan

1. here

See also

• yen

Chamorro

Conjunction

yan

1. and

Usage notes

Used to connect similar words or phrases. To indicate causation the alternate ya is used.

See also

• ya

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• jan, yain, jain

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

yan m

1. year (Vegliot)

Mandarin

Romanization

yan

1. Nonstandard spelling of y?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of y?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Tapirapé

Noun

yan

1. canoe

References

• Antonio Almeida, A Lingua Tapirape. http://biblio.wdfiles.com/local--files/almeida-1983-tapirape/almeida_1983_tapirape.pdf

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (yan), from Proto-Turkic *y?n (“side”).

Noun

yan (definite accusative yan?, plural yanlar)

1. side

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

yan

1. second-person singular imperative of yanmak

Volapük

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin i?nua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jan/

Noun

yan (nominative plural yans)

1. door

Declension

Derived terms

• leyan

Related terms

• yanul