यार

See also: यारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یار (yār). Compare Gujarati યાર (yār), Punjabi ਯਾਰ (yār), Rajasthani यार.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jɑːɾ/, [jäːɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

यार • (yār) m (Urdu spelling یار)

  1. buddy, friend, pal, companion
  2. (vocative, colloquial) bro, dude
    Synonyms: दोस्त (dost), मित्र (mitra)
    यार, यह सब भूल जाओ और समझौता पूरा करो।
    yār, yah sab bhūl jāo aur samjhautā pūrā karo.
    Dude, just forget all this and finish the deal.
  3. paramour, lover

Declension
Declension of यार (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct यार
yār		 यार
yār
oblique यार
yār		 यारों
yārõ
vocative यार
yār		 यारो
yāro

Descendants
  • → English: yaar

References
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “yār”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Rajasthani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یار (yār).

Noun

यार (yār) ?

  1. friend
  2. companion
  3. paramour
  4. helper

References
  • Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 279. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).
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