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3-letter words (2 found)

RYE,YER,

2-letter words (3 found)

ER,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of yer

yer

Translingual

Symbol

yer

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tarok.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tarok terms

English

Etymology 1

Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /jʌ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə, -ʌ

Adverb

yer

  1. (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of yeah (“yes”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /jɝ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /jɜː/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

yer (plural yers)

  1. Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
See also
  • jer

Etymology 3

From you.

Pronunciation

  • (East Anglian Dialect) IPA(key): /jɜː/

Pronoun

yer

  1. (UK, slang, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you (plural or singular).
Derived terms
  • yer one
  • yerself, yerselves

Contraction

yer

  1. (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of you're (“you are”).

Determiner

yer

  1. (UK, Southern US, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
Derived terms
See also
  • ya

Anagrams

  • -ery, Rey, Rye, e'ry, eyr, rye, yre

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Turkish yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jer/, [jerʲ]

Noun

yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerlər)

  1. ground
    Yerdən götürdüyünü ağzına salma! ― Don't put into your mouth anything you picked from the ground!
  2. place, location
    Bütün sənədlər bir yerdə saxlanılmalıdır ― All the documents must be kept in one place.
  3. space
    Şkafda paltar üçün yer daha qalmayıb! ― There is no space left for more clothes in the closet!
  4. (colloquial) bed, mattress, bedding
    Hər səhər öz yerini yığmalısan. ― You must tidy your bedding up every morning.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Blagar

Noun

yer

  1. water

References

  • Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152

Breton

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjeːʁ/

Noun

yer f pl

  1. plural of yar

Cornish

Noun

yer f pl

  1. plural of yar (“chicken, hen”)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir) and Azerbaijani yer.

Noun

yer

  1. earth.
  2. place, location.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Khalaj

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yẹr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɛɾ]
  • (Talxâbî) IPA(key): [jeˑɾ]
  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [jɛɾ], [je̞ˑɾ], [jeˑɾ], [jie̯ɾ]

Noun

yer (definite accusative yerü, plural yerlər)

  1. soil, ground
  2. place
  3. rank
  4. dignity

Declension

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French hier.

Adverb

yer

  1. yesterday

Derived terms

  • avantyer

Meroitic

Romanization

yer

  1. romanization of 𐦤𐦡𐦫

Scots

Pronoun

yer

  1. your

Serer

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *yɛr, whence also Fula yarugol.

Verb

yer

  1. to drink

References

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jæɾ̥]
  • Rhymes: -æɾ

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish یر, from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Azerbaijani yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.

Noun

yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)

  1. place, location
    O yere hiç gitmedim. ― I’ve never been there. (literally, “to that place”)
  2. the ground, the earth
    Synonyms: yeryüzü, yerküre, dünya
    Yerin üçte ikisi sularla kaplıdır. ― Two thirds of the earth is covered with water.
  3. ground, floor
    elindekini yere düşürdü ― he dropped the thing on his hands to the ground/floor
  4. land, territory
    Synonyms: ülke, toprak
  5. location, position
    Synonym: konum
  6. site, place, a location where an event occurs
    Synonyms: mahal, alan, nokta
  7. position, rank
    Synonyms: mevki, makam
  8. importance
    Synonym: önem
    Türkiye'nin Asya'daki yeri ― the importance of Turkey in Asia
  9. any part of a person
  10. (euphemistic) butt, buttocks, ass
    yerini duvara vurmuş ― he hit his butt to the wall
    bir yerinden uyduruyor ― he is making it up from his butt
  11. mark
    Synonym: iz
  12. place, shoes, situation
    Synonym: durum
    yerimde olsan ne yapardın? ― what would you do if you were in my shoes/place?
  13. place, capacity of housing, residence or presence
    evde bana da yeriniz var mı? ― do you have a place in your house for me too?
  14. property, estate, specifically a one suitable for housing or residency
    Synonym: arsa
  15. arable soil
    Synonyms: arazi, toprak
  16. (Trabzon, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Ordu) farm
    Synonym: tarla
  17. (Afyonkarahisar, Amasya, Ordu, Trabzon, Kars, Erzincan, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Sivas, Niğde) bed
    Synonym: yatak
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

yer

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of yemek

Further reading

  • “yer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • “yer”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
  • Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “yer”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Eren, Hasan (1999) “yer”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yer”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai یر, from Proto-Turkic *yẹr (“earth”). Cognate with Uyghur يەر (yer), Turkmen ýer, Azerbaijani yer, Turkish yer; Kazakh жер (jer), Kyrgyz жер (jer); etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛr/, [jɛr]
  • Hyphenation: yer

Noun

yer (plural yerlar)

  1. earth
  2. soil, ground

Declension

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English your, from Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛr/

Determiner

yer

  1. your

Derived terms

  • yerzel

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80

Source: wiktionary.org