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Afar¹
- /ˈɑːfɑː(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afar qafár.
proper noun Qafar
- A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
- A region of Ethiopia.
noun Afars · Afar · Qafar
- A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions. [...] ethnic groups, the Afars. The majority of the Somali-speaking Issas, the other main group, do support President Hassan Gouled and his RPP, though the Prime Minister, Barkat Gourad is an Afar himself.
afar²
- /əˈfɑɹ/ US
- /əˈfɑː/ UK
Rhymes with (UK) -ɑː
Where it comes from
From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.
adverb
- At, to, or from a great distance; far away; distantly. He was seen from afar.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: distance, afield, remotely, distant, remote, faraway, yonder, far-off, far, far-flung, removed, elsewhere, apart, away, overseas, abroad
Translations
Every language
name language
| Español | afar |
|---|---|
| Português | afar |
| Français | afar |
| Deutsch | Afar, Danakil |
| Italiano | afar |
| Română | afară |
| Русский | афа́рский язы́к afárskij jazýk, афа́рский afárskij, данаки́льский язы́к danakílʹskij jazýk, данаки́льский danakílʹskij |
| العربية | عَفَارِيَّة ʕafāriyya |
name region
| 中文 | 阿法爾 /阿法尔 Āfǎ'ěr |
|---|
noun member of this people
| 中文 | 阿法爾人 /阿法尔人 Āfǎ'ěrrén |
|---|---|
| العربية | عَفَار ʕafār, عَفَارِيّ ʕafāriyy |
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title = {afar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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