bar

Definition of bar

load, to load, to take away, weight, air pressure, charge, bear

Example Sentences

Bar anîn: Bringing (something).
Mala xwe barkirin: They moved house.
Barê wî giran e: His load is heavy.

Etymology

From Avestan bar "to take away, carry",

From Proto-Indo-European gwerə- "heavy",

Sanskrit guruh "heavy, weighty, venerable",
Greek baros "weight", barys "heavy in weight" or "strength, force",
Latin gravis, "heavy, ponderous, burdensome, loaded; pregnant",
Old English cweorn "quern",
Gothic kaurus "heavy",
Lettish gruts "heavy".

Related words and phrases

bar anîn "bring", bar giran "pregnant"

It forms or part of

aggravate, aggravation, aggrieve, bar "unit of pressure", bariatric, baritone, barium, barometer, blitzkrieg, brig, brigade, brigand, brigantine, brio, brut, brute, charivari, gravamen, grave (adj.), gravid, gravimeter, gravitate, gravity, grief, grieve, kriegspiel, guru, hyperbaric, isobar, quern, sitzkrieg.

Updated on September 30, 2023

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Avestan

The Avestan language relating to the ancient Aryen (later on Iranian) language in which it is written, closely related to Vedic Sanskrit. Ancient Iranian language that survived in sacred texts centuries after it went extinct, from Avesta "sacred books of the Zoroastrians (Zarahustra)" earlier Avistak, literally “books”.

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