yar
Meaning
-
cliff, scarp, precipice
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jɑɾ/
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یار (yar, “precipice”), from Proto-Turkic *yār (“precipice, steep bank”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yār, “steep slope”). More at яр.
New
yarmak
- (transitive) to split, cleave, rend; slit
- (transitive) to hack, chop
- (transitive) to breach, tear
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