kaar

See also: Kaar and kaˀar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːr/
• Hyphenation: kaar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cāre, from Old Dutch *cara, from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“care, sorrow, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“shout, call”). Cognate with English care.

Noun

kaar f (plural karen, diminutive kaartje n)

1. (obsolete) care, concern

   Synonyms: zorg, bekommering

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kaar n (plural karen, diminutive kaartje n)

1. (obsolete) A barrel, basket

   Synonyms: ton, korf

2. (obsolete) A skep

   Synonym: bijenkorf

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaari. Cognate with Finnish kaari.

Noun

kaar (genitive kaare, partitive kaart)

1. arc

Declension

Declension of kaar (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaar	kaared
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaare
genitive			kaarte
partitive		kaart	kaari
illative		kaarde kaaresse	kaartesse kaarisse
inessive		kaares	kaartes kaaris
elative		kaarest	kaartest kaarist
allative		kaarele	kaartele kaarile
adessive		kaarel	kaartel kaaril
ablative		kaarelt	kaartelt kaarilt
translative		kaareks	kaarteks kaariks
terminative		kaareni	kaarteni
essive		kaarena	kaartena
abessive		kaareta	kaarteta
comitative		kaarega	kaartega

Derived terms

• kaarjas

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kār. Cognate to Turkish kar.

Noun

kaar

1. snow

References

• Baskakov, N. A. (1991) İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 124

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English car, from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French. Doublet of diaka, partially.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑːrˠ], (enunciated) [kɑɑrˠ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kæɰærˠ/
• Bender phonemes: {kahar}

Derived terms

• kaarar

Noun

kaar (construct form kaarin)

1. a car

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kakra.

Noun

kaar (genitive kaara, partitive kaara)

1. oats

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.