ajar

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• UK: /əˈd͡ʒɑː/
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From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.

From a- (“in, at”) + jar (“discord, disagreement”).

From Georgian აჭარლები (ač̣arlebi).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: открехнат (otkrehnat) — slightly turned or opened
• Chinese Mandarin: 虚掩地 (xūyăn de) — slightly turned or opened
• Chinese Mandarin: 半开地 (bànkāi de) — slightly turned or opened
• Czech: pootevřený — slightly turned or opened
• Danish: på klem — slightly turned or opened
• Dutch: op een kier — slightly turned or opened
• Esperanto: malfermetita — slightly turned or opened
• Finnish: raollaan — slightly turned or opened
• French: entrebâillé — slightly turned or opened
• French: entrouvert — slightly turned or opened
• German: angelehnt — slightly turned or opened
• Icelandic: opinn til hálfs — slightly turned or opened
• Icelandic: opinn í hálfa gátt — slightly turned or opened
• Māori: matata — slightly turned or opened
• Norwegian Bokmål: på gløtt — slightly turned or opened
• Norwegian Nynorsk: på gløtt — slightly turned or opened
• Persian: نیمهباز (nime-bâz) — slightly turned or opened
• Polish: uchylony — slightly turned or opened
• Polish: niedomknięty — slightly turned or opened
• Portuguese: entreaberto — slightly turned or opened
• Romanian: întredeschis — slightly turned or opened
• Russian: приоткры́тый (priotkrýtyj) — slightly turned or opened
• Serbo-Croatian: odškrinuto — slightly turned or opened
• Serbo-Croatian: одшкринут — slightly turned or opened
• Serbo-Croatian: odškrinut — slightly turned or opened
• Slovak: pootvorený — slightly turned or opened
• Slovak: odchýlený — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entreabierto — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entornado — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entreajustado — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entrecerrado — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: juntado — slightly turned or opened
• Swedish: på glänt — slightly turned or opened
• Ulwa (Nicaragua): yurahka — slightly turned or opened
• Danish: klem — slightly turned or opened
• Esperanto: malfermete — slightly turned or opened
• Icelandic: í hálfa gátt — slightly turned or opened
• Ingrian: rakoisillaa — slightly turned or opened
• Italian: socchiuso — slightly turned or opened
• Japanese: 少し開いて (sukoshi aite) — slightly turned or opened
• Occitan: entredobèrt — slightly turned or opened
• Occitan: entrebadat — slightly turned or opened
• Persian: نیمهلا (nime-lâ) — slightly turned or opened
• Russian: приоткры́тый (priotkrýtyj) — slightly turned or opened
• Serbo-Croatian: odškrinut — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entreabiertamente — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entornadamente — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: entrecerradamente — slightly turned or opened
• Spanish: juntadamente — slightly turned or opened
• Finnish: ei sopusoinnussa — Being at variance or in contradiction to something
• Icelandic: úr samræmi — Being at variance or in contradiction to something
• Icelandic: í ósamræmi — Being at variance or in contradiction to something
• Icelandic: úr takti — Being at variance or in contradiction to something
• Catalan: adjar — member of an ethnographic group of Georgians
• Finnish: erota — To show variance