آچار

آچار

See also: اچار‎, إجار‎, أجار‎, آجار‎, and أجاز‎

Azerbaijani

Noun

آچار (açar) (definite accusative آچارێ‎ (açarı), plural آچارلار‎ (açarlar))

1. Arabic spelling of açar (“key”)

Declension

Declension of آچار

	singular	plural
nominative	آچار	آچارلار‎
definite accusative	آچارێ‎	آچارلارێ‎
dative	آچارا‎	آچارلارا‎
locative	آچاردا‎	آچارلاردا‎
ablative	آچاردان‎	آچارلاردان‎
definite genitive	آچارێن‎	آچارلارێن‎

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Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /ɑːt͡ʃɑːɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /ɒːt͡ʃɒːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɒːt͡ʃɒːɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /ɔːt͡ʃɔːɾ/
• Rhymes: -âr

Etymology 1

Akin to Old Armenian օճառ (ōčaṙ). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

آچار • (âčâr)

1. (archaic, Dari) pickle, marinade

   Synonym: ترشی‎ (torši)

Related terms

• آچاردن‎ (âčârdan)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: اچار‎ (ačār)
• → Yemeni Arabic: عُشَّار‎ (ʿuššār)
• → Bengali: আচার (acar)
• → Bhojpuri:

  Devanagari: अचार (acār), अचाँर (acā̃r)

  Kaithi: 𑂃𑂒𑂰𑂩 (acār), 𑂃𑂒𑂰𑂀𑂩 (acā̃r)

• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: अचार (acār), आचार (ācār)

  → Urdu: اچار‎ (acār), آچار‎ (ācār)

  • → Cebuano: atsara
  • → English: achar, achaar, achari
  • → Hiligaynon: atsara
  • → Portuguese: achar
  • → Tagalog: atsara
• → Indonesian: acar
• → Madurese: ꦲꦕꦂ
• → Nepali: अचार (acār)
• → Punjabi: ਅਚਾਰ m (acār)
• → Sindhi: آچار‎ (ācār)
• → Swahili: achari, achali

Etymology 2

From Azerbaijani açar.

Noun

آچار • (âčâr)

1. (Iranian Persian) spanner

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1855), “آچار”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 19

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Urdu

Alternative forms

• اچار‎ (acār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian آچار‎ (âčâr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ/

Noun

آچار • (ācār) m (Hindi spelling आचार)

1. (rare) pickle