янтар

From dialectal Old Lithuanian jentãras, gentãras, literary giñtaras, gintãras (modern Lithuanian giñtaras). Possibly entered Belarusian via either Old Ruthenian єнтарь (jentarʹ) or Russian янтарь (jantarʹ).

• IPA^(key): [janˈtar]
• Rhymes: -ar

янта́р • (jantár) m inan (genitive янтару́, uncountable)

1. amber (fossil resin)

   Synonym: буршты́н (burštýn)

• “янтар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “янтар”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Borrowed from Russian янта́рь (jantárʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈja̟ntɐr]
• Rhymes: -antɐr
• Syllabification^(key): ян‧тар

я́нтар • (jántar) m (relational adjective я́нтарен) (singular only)

1. (literary) amber

   Synonym: кехлиба́р (kehlibár)

• “янтар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “янтар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• Янтра (Jantra)

Ultimately from Old Lithuanian jentaras (modern Lithuanian gintaras), via either Old Slovak jantár, Carpathian Rusyn янта́рь (jantárʹ), or Serbo-Croatian јантар / jantar.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjantar]
• Rhymes: -antar
• Hyphenation: ян‧тар

янтар (jantar) m inan (relational adjective янтарови or янтарни)

1. amber (fossil resin)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “јантар”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 482
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “янтар”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “amber”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 23

From Middle Ukrainian єнта́рь (jentárʹ), borrowed from Lithuanian jentaras, giñtaras, gẽntaras.

• IPA^(key): [jɐnˈtar]

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янта́р • (jantár) m inan (genitive янтарю́, uncountable, relational adjective янта́рний or янтаре́вий)

1. amber (fossil resin)

   Synonym: буршти́н m (burštýn)

янта́р • (jantár) m inan (genitive янтарю́, nominative plural янтарі́, genitive plural янтарі́в)

1. amber (object made of amber)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “янтар”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “янтар”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]