یار

Contraction of Middle Persian (and archaic New Persian) یاور‎ (yâvar). Akin to Manichaean Middle Persian hyʾr (/hayyār/, “helper, friend”).

• IPA^(key): /jɒːɾ/

یار • (yâr) (plural یاران‎ (yârân))

1. (literary) friend, lover, companion
2. (literary) assistant, defender, helper
3. (sports) a player in a team
4. strength, power
5. pestle

• یاور‎ (yâvar)
• یار و یاور‎ (yâr-o-yâvar)

• Azerbaijani: yar
• Chagatai: يار‎ (yār)
  • Uyghur: يار‎ (yar)
  • Uzbek: yor / ёр
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: यार (yār)
  • Urdu: یار‎ (yār)
  • → English: yaar
• Middle Armenian: եար (ear)
  • Armenian: յար (yar)
• Ottoman Turkish: يار‎ (yār)
  • Turkish: yar
• Punjabi: یار‎ (yār) / ਯਾਰ (yār)
• Rajasthani: यार (yār)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “يار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1525
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 399

From Persian یار‎ (yâr).

یار • (yār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਯਾਰ)

1. friend, pal
2. dude

From Persian یار‎ (yâr).

• IPA^(key): /jaːr/

یار • (yār) m (Hindi spelling यार)

1. pal
2. buddy
3. friend
4. comrade
5. companion
6. lover
7. mistress

• yaar‎