غار
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غار¹
- /ɣaː.ra/
verb غَارَ · ḡāra · يَغَارُ · غَيْرَة · غَيْرَان
- to be jealous إِذَا وَجَدْتُمُ السَّعَادَةَ، قَدْ يَغَارُ مِنْكُمُ النَّاسُ.
- to feel discontent or bitterness [with مِنْ (min) ‘at’]; to be envious of, to envy; to resent
- to be watchful or protective [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘of’] [with مِن (min) ‘from’]; to keep, to guard
- to display zeal or vie
غار²
verb غَارَ · ḡāra · يَغُورُ · غَوْر · غَائِر
- to enter, to penetrate deeply
غار³
verb غَارَ · ḡāra · يَغُورُ · غَوْر · غِيَار
- to sink in, to become depressed (of the eyes)
- to seep away, to trickle away, to ooze away, to peter out (of water)
غار⁴
noun غَار · ḡār · أَغْوَار · غِيرَان · الْغَار
- cavern
- palate
غار⁵
Where it comes from
If it is true that the bay laurel has dispersed over the Mediterranean regions from further west, be it Asia Minor or even Western Europe, then the Arabic plant name غَار (ḡār) has been borrowed in the earlier 1st millennium BC or before from Aramaic עָרָא / ܥܳܪܳܐ (ʿārā), also Hebrew עָר (ʿār), of the same meaning, the merger of /ʁ/ and /ʕ/ not having happened in Northwest Semitic yet—if not old enough to be ascribed to Proto-West Semitic unity.
In English
Talk about this word "غار." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. غار. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1 "غار." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1.Cite this
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title = {غار},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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