acar

From Proto-Albanian *atsara, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós, from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Old Irish aicher (“sharp, fierce, bitter”), Latin ācer (“pungent, acidic; sharp-minded”), Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “pointed, sharp; at the edge”), ἄκρον (ákron, “peak, sharp point, edge”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [aˈt͡saɾ]

acar m (plural acare, definite acari, definite plural acaret)

1. bitter cold

   Synonym: thëllim

2. period of frost, coldness
3. (figurative) bitter, coarse, rough, brisk
4. dread
5. (figurative) astute, sharp-witted
6. (old or regional) steel

acar (feminine acare)

1. exceedingly cold
2. clean, clear
3. neat (of a person's clothing, appearance)

acar

1. neatly
2. rudely
3. thorny

• acari
• acarim
• acaroj
• acarohem
• acarimë
• acartë

• “acar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
• “acar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

acar

1. kind of dish made of fried vegetables

• atjar (pre-1967)

From Malay acar, from Classical Malay اچر (acar), from Classical Persian آچار (āčār, “pickle, marinade”). Doublet of acara, acarya, ajar, and hajar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃar/

acar (first-person possessive acarku, second-person possessive acarmu, third-person possessive acarnya)

1. (cooking) pickle, achar

• “acar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

acar m (genitive singular acara)

1. Alternative form of acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From ac +‎ -ar, or possibly Latin ac(u)ārius. The final sense was based on French aiguilleur.

• IPA^(key): /aˈkar/

acar m (plural acari)

1. one who makes needles
2. a box with supplies for sewing, including needles, thread, etc.
3. (railways) switchman, pointsman

   Synonym: macagiu

• acar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• aker

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acar (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵛⴰⵔ)

1. (transitive) to steal, to rob

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Causative: sacar (“to accuse of theft”)
• Passive: twacar (“to be stolen”)
• tukkarda (“theft”)
• amatcar (“thief”)