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Yair¹

  • /jaʔiɹ/

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Hebrew יַאִיר, meaning "he will light up".

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

yair²

  • /jɛː/ UK
  • /jɛɹ/ US
  • /jeːɹ/ Scotland
  • /jeː/ Australia
  • /ˈjeə/ New Zealand
  • /ˈjiə/
  • /ˈjɜː(ɹ)/

Sounds like yare, year (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Northern Middle English yare, from Old English *ġear (in mylenġear). Compare yard.

noun yairs · yare

  1. Northern England, Scotland An enclosure for catching salmon as the tide ebbs. Among other Acts revived are the Act 1424, c. 11 (or 12), the Act 1457, c. 34 (or 86), and the Act 1477, c. 73, statutes which prohibit the use of cruives and yairs, which do not create any exception in favour of the Solway, and which became law before any such exemption was introduced. The Act 1685

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@misc{yair_2026,
  title = {yair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}