yaar

English

Etymology

From Hindustani یار (yār) / यार (yār), from Classical Persian یار (yār).

Noun

yaar (plural yaars)

1. (India, Pakistan) A friend, pal, or buddy.

   Help me, yaar!

   • 1990, Hanif Kureishi, chapter 15, in The Buddha of Suburbia, London, Boston: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 222:

     ‘I'm going to make the most of my life now, yaar,’ he said.

2. (India, Pakistan, vulgar) lover

Related terms

• yaari

Anagrams

• Arya, Raya, Yara, raya