different between yark vs yar

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /j??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Etymology 1

From Middle English ?arken, ?erken, from Old English ?earcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), from Proto-Germanic *garwak?n? (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (“to grab, take, rake”), equivalent to yare +? -k. Related to Old English ?earc (“ready, active, quick”), ?earu (“prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare”). More at yare.

Verb

yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To make ready; prepare.
   • 1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland:

     [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]

2. (transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To set open; open.

Derived terms

• yarking

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare jerk etc.

Alternative forms

• yerk

Verb

yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

1. To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
2. To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
3. To crack (a whip).
   • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96:

     he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France.

Anagrams

• Kary, Kray, Kyra, kary-, kray

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