ahar
English
editInterjection
editahar
- Alternative form of arr (“stereotypical exclamation of pirates”).
- 2012, Dr. Rufus T. Dingleberry, The Lizzard of Ozz, page 18:
- […] two guys wearing pirate attire, both with hooks, arm wrestling, or rather hook wrestling, and growling "Ahar, Ahar" at each other.
- 2014, Al Rennie, Clearwater Undercover:
- Ahar there mateys, if this be a true pirate cruise, some barnacle sucking scum-dog, or a Canadian party pooper at least, should be made to walk the plank
Old Saxon
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *ahaʀ, see also Old High German ahir (German Ähre), Old English ēar, Dutch aar, Old Norse ax. Also compare Latin acus "needle".
Noun
editahar n
- ear (of corn)
Descendants
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish آهار (ahar).
Noun
editahar (definite accusative aharı, plural aharlar)
Declension
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References
edit- “ahar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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