Definitions and meaning of afar
afar
English
Etymology
From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈfɑɹ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈfɑː/
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- Rhymes: (UK) -ɑː
Adverb
afar
- At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
Usage notes
- Often used with from preceding, or formerly with off following.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:afar.
Translations
Anagrams
- AFRA, FARA, Fara, RAAF, RAFA
Chuukese
Noun
afar
- shoulder (of humans and animals)
Finnish
Etymology
From Afar qafar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfɑr/, [ˈɑ̝fɑ̝r]
- Rhymes: -ɑfɑr
- Syllabification(key): a‧far
- Hyphenation(key): afar
Noun
afar
- Afar (language).
- An Afar (person).
Declension
French
Pronunciation
Noun
afar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
- L'afar est parlé par 1,5 millions de locuteurs. ― Afar is spoken by 1.5 million people.
Adjective
afar (feminine afare, masculine plural afars, feminine plural afares)
- (relational) Afar
- les nomades afars ― the Afar nomads
- les tribus afares ― the Afar tribes
Further reading
- “afar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
Romanization
afar
- romanization of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːvar/
- Rhymes: -aːvar
Etymology 1
From Old Norse afar, from Proto-Germanic *abraz.
Adverb
afar (not comparable)
- very, immensely, ever so, highly, most
Etymology 2
Noun
afar
- indefinite nominative plural of afi
Further reading
- “afar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- afar in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
afar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarer, definite plural afarene)
- Afar (language)
- Afar er et kusjittisk språk som snakkes i Afar i Etiopia. (Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia)
- Afar is a Cushitic language spoken in Afar in Ethiopia.
- Afar (ethnic group)
- Afar (region)
Usage notes
This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.
References
- “afar” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
afar m (definite singular afaren, indefinite plural afarar, definite plural afarane)
- Afar (language)
- Afar (ethnic group)
- Afar (region)
Usage notes
This is word is only inflected when used in its second sense.
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
āfar
- singular imperative of āfaran
Old Norse
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adverb
afar
- used as an intensive before an adjective or another adverb; very, exceedingly (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “afar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
afar m (invariable)
- (uncountable) Afar (language)
- one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa
Sicilian
Noun
afar m
- (uncountable) Afar (language)
- one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa
Somali
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Numeral
afar
- four
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈfaɾ/ [aˈfaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧far
Noun
afar m (uncountable)
- Afar (language)
Swedish
Noun
afar c
- the Afar language
Synonyms
Anagrams
Tarifit
Alternative forms
- afā — Central Tarifit
- afriw
Etymology
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Noun
afar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⴼⴰⵔ, plural afriwen, diminutive tafart or tifrešt)
- wing (of a bird, bat, insect)
- fin (of a fish)
- leaf, foliage
- sheet (of paper, metal)
- branch (of a tree)
Declension
Related terms
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