ara

Clipping of English Arabic.

ara

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Arabic.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Arabic terms

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ɹə/

ara (plural aras)

1. The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

   Synonyms: blue-and-yellow macaw, blue-and-gold macaw

• “ara”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ara”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• Ara ararauna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ara ararauna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.

• arag
• arra

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ə/

ara

1. A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.

From Japanese あら (ara).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹə/

ara (countable and uncountable, plural aras)

1. A saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus).
   • 1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 192:

     Among the species which are met with on every coast, and during the whole year, are especially [...] the Ara (Niphon Spinosus Schl.), which frequents the coast of Yezo in particular, as is indicated by its other name , Matsumaye-ara. The many-membered genus of the saw-perches (Serranus) which inhabits all tropical and subtropical seas, […]

• AAR, Aar, RAA

ara

1. inflection of arë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

From Proto-Common Turkic *āra.

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈrɑ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ra

• Audio:

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ara (definite accusative aranı, plural aralar)

1. distance in space or time
   1. distance (the amount of space between two points)
      • 2019 February 2, 525-ci‎^[1]:

        Kim deyə bilər ki, Moskva ilə Bakının arası üç min kilometrdir?

        Who could tell that the distance between Moscow and Baku is three thousand kilometers?

      Synonym: məsafə

   2. space (a chiefly empty area or volume with set limits or boundaries)
      • 2008, Naxçıvan abidələri ensiklopediyası, page 42:

        Divarlar yanlarda iri daşlardan tikilmiş, onların arası isə kiçik həcmli qaya parçalan ilə doldurulmuşdur.

        The walls are built of large stones on the sides, and the space between them is filled with small pieces of rock.

   3. gap (distance in time)
   4. interval, frequency (a repeated and equal distance in space or time between several objects or events)
      • 2010 September 25, Hafta.az:

        Əvvəllər mədəniyyət işçiləri Çilov adasına tez-tez gəlib biz neftçilərlə görüşər, maraqlı konsert proqramları ilə çıxış edərdilər. [...] 1986-cı ildən bir müddət belə konsertlərin, görüşlərin arası səngidi.

        In the past, cultural workers often came to Chilov Island to meet with oil workers and give interesting concerts. [...] For some time since 1986, the frequency of such concerts and meetings dimished.

      • 2009 July 23, faktxeber.com‎^[2]:

        Yazılarının arası uzanıb. Niyə yazmırsınız?

        The interval between [the appearance of] your texts has become longer. Why are you not writing?

   5. while (an uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

      Uzun bir ara keçdi. ― A long while passed.

      uzun bir aradan sonra ― after a long while

2. halt, break, temporary cessation

   ara vermək ― to come to a halt

   Synonym: fasilə

3. a (long) succession, sequence (of events)
   • 1991 April 11, Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi Hüquqi aktların vahid elektron bazası:

     Мухтар вилајәтдә террорчулуг әмәлләринин арасы кәсилмир, нәтиҹәдә һәрби гуллугчулар вә динҹ сакинләр зәрәр чәкирләр.

     Muxtar vilayətdə terrorçuluq əməllərinin arası kəsilmir, nəticədə hərbi qulluqçular və dinc sakinlər zərər çəkirlər.

     Terrorist acts keep occurring in the autonomous region, resulting in casualties among servicemen and civilians.

     (literally, “the sequence of terrorist acts does not cease [...]”)

   arası kəsilməmək ― to have no end, to never halt, to keep occurring frequently

   Synonyms: ard, ardı-arası

4. (figurative) relationship, relation, attitude
   1. relationship (a way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other)

      Onların arası yaxşı deyil. ― They do not get along well. (literally, “Their relationship is not good.”)

   2. view, opinion (liking/approval or disliking/disapproval)

      Araqla aran necədir? ― Do you like vodka? (literally, “What is your view on vodka?”)

   Synonym: münasibət

5. (by extension) ability, skills
   • 2020 August 4, Azadlıq.org‎^[3]:

     Bu, planlaşdırmaqla çox da arası olmayan insanlar üçün yaxşı məsləhətdir.

     This is a good advice for people who are not too good at planning.

     (literally, “[...] people who don't have that much of skills of planning”)

• “ara” in Obastan.com.

From English arrow.

ara

1. arrow

ara

1. pan

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 172

Inherited from Latin ad hōram. Compare Occitan ara.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.ɾa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾe

ara

1. now (at the present time)

• “ara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ara”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ara” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ara” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Hyphenation: a‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾaʔ/ [ˈʔa.ɾaʔ]

arà

1. envy; jealousy

   Synonyms: uri, wili, selos

• IPA^(key): [ˈara]

ara m anim

1. ara (bird)

• IPA^(key): /aːra/, [ˈɑːʁɑ]

ara c (singular definite araen, plural indefinite araer)

1. macaw (various parrots)

• “ara” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ara” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
• ara on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.raː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ara

Borrowed from Spanish ara.

ara m (plural ara's, diminutive araatje n)

1. a macaw; any bird of the genus Ara
2. any of various parrot species of different genera that resemble those of genus Ara

• Ara (geslacht) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic [Term?].

ara

1. (Netherlands, slang, imperative) give
   • 2025 March 13, Majda Ouhajji, “Taalwetenschapper Khalid Mourigh over het veranderende Nederlands: ‘Mattie, fittie en doekoe bijvoorbeeld. Die staan zelfs in de Van Dale’ [Linguist Khalid Mourigh on changing Dutch: ‘Mattie, fittie, and doekoe, for example. These words are even included in the Van Dale dictionary’]”, in NRC Handelsblad‎^[4], retrieved 26 March 2025:

     Ik zat een tijd geleden in de metro in Amsterdam en hoorde ineens ‘ewa sahbi, ara die garo’ (‘hé, vriend, geef me die sigaret’). Bijna helemaal in het Marokkaans-Arabisch. En ik draai me om en ik zie allemaal witte jongens.

     I was on the Amsterdam underground some time ago and suddenly I heard “ewa sahbi, ara die garo” (“Hey, friend, give me that cigarette”). Almost entirely in Moroccan Arabic. And I turn around and all I see are white boys.

ara

1. house; building
2. village
3. (anatomy) placenta

From aro +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈara/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: a‧ra

ara (accusative singular aran, plural araj, accusative plural arajn)

1. collective

From taxonomic name Ara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrɑ/, [ˈɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): ara

ara

1. macaw (various parrots of the genus Ara and some closely related genera)

• papukaija

Borrowed from Old Tupi ará.

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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ara m (plural aras)

1. macaw

• ara rouge

• “ara”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• Aar

ara

1. skull

• aara

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آرَا (ara), from Proto-Turkic *āra. Compare Turkish ara, Azerbaijani ara.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˑˈɾɑ/, /ɑːˈɾɑ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra

ara (definite accusative arayı, plural aralar)

1. interruption, stop, break
2. gap, opening, space, room

   arayı kapamaa

   to close the gap

3. crack

ara

1. (used with plural possessive suffixes) among, between

   bizim aramızda

   among us/between us

   konuşun aranızda bunu

   talk about this among yourselves

• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 11
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 16
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ara”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 51

From Latin ara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾa/ [ˈa.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧ra

ara f (plural aras)

1. altar

   Synonym: altar

ara

1. romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌰

ara

1. altar stone in a Catholic church

From Proto-Ugric *arɜ (“maternal relative”, “mother’s (younger) brother”),^[1] probably a Proto-Iranian borrowing, compare Avestan 𐬠𐬭𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (brātar), Ossetian ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”). The ending -a in Hungarian may be a diminutive or a third-person singular possessive suffix. It gained its current meaning during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒrɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ara
• Rhymes: -rɒ

ara (plural arák)

1. (literary) bride

   Synonyms: menyasszony, (archaic) mátka

• ara in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ara in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈara/ [ˈa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: a‧ra

Inherited from Malay ara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa.

ara (plural ara-ara)

1. fig (tree or shrub)

   Synonym: tin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ara (plural ara-ara)

1. (zoology) green figbird, Timor figbird (Sphecotheres viridis)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “ara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Old Irish ara m (“charioteer; messenger, attendant”).

ara m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural araí)

1. charioteer
2. attendant
   1. horseboy

      Synonyms: giolla capaill, giolla eich

From Old Irish arae (“temple”).

ara m or f (genitive singular ara or arach, nominative plural araí or aracha)

1. (dated) temple (of the forehead)

   Synonym: uisinn

Feminine declension

ara!

1. alternative form of arú (“Ah! No! So! Indeed!”)

ara m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural araí)

1. alternative form of earra (“goods; ware, merchandise; article of trade, commodity; accoutrement(s), trappings; apparel; article, thing”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 ara (‘charioteer’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ara (‘temple (of the forehead)’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ara”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: à‧ra

Learned borrowing from Latin āra, from Old Latin āsa, from Proto-Italic *āzā (“altar”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHsh₂- (“hearth, fireplace”), derived from the root *h₂eHs- (“to burn; hearth”).

ara f (plural are)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) the base upon which objects were sacrificed to the gods by fire
2. (poetic) pyre

   Synonym: rogo

3. (literary) altar

   Synonym: altare

4. (by extension) temple

   Synonyms: (literary) delubro, tempio

• ara¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from French are, from Latin ārea. Doublet of area and aia.

ara f (plural are)

1. are, measurement of area (100 square metres)

• centiara

• ara² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from translingual Ara, from Old Tupi ara.

ara f (plural are)

1. macaw

• ara ambigua
• ara di cuba
• ara glauca

• ara³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ara

1. inflection of arare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

ara

1. Rōmaji transcription of あら

From Old Latin āsa, from Proto-Italic *āzā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Cognate with Sanskrit आस (ā́sa, “ashes”) and English ash.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ra]

āra f (genitive ārae); first declension

1. altar
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.48–49:

     “[...] Et quisquam nūmen Iūnōnis adōret
     praetereā, aut supplex ārīs impōnet honōrem?”

     “And would anyone adore the divinity of Juno afterward, or [as a] suppliant [worshiper] lay an offering on [my] altars?”
     (Juno is asking herself a rhetorical question.)

2. sanctuary, refuge

   Synonyms: templum, dēlūbrum, sacellum, fānum

First-declension noun.

• → Catalan: ara
• → Galician: ara
• → Italian: ara
• → Portuguese: ara
• → Spanish: ara

• “ara”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

ara

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of art

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀa.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈarə/ [ˈa.rə]
  • Rhymes: -arə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈara/ [ˈa.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: a‧ra

ara (Jawi spelling ارا, plural ara-ara or ara²)

1. fig (tree or shrub)

• Indonesian: ara

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaRa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• "ara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ra/
• Rhymes: -aːra

ara

1. singular imperative of ra

• IPA^(key): /ˈara/ [ˈɐɾɐ]

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan (compare with Malay jalan), from Proto-Austronesian *zalan (compare with Tagalog daan).

ara

1. path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)
2. path (a course taken)
3. path (a metaphorical course)
4. path (a method or direction of proceeding)
5. road (a way for travel)
6. road (a path in life)
7. street (paved part of road in a village or a town)
8. track (beaten path)
9. track (course; way)
10. track (path or course laid out for a race or exercise)
11. track (permanent way; the rails)
12. way (wide path)

• arapiki (“stairs”)

From Proto-Polynesian *qara, from Proto-Central Pacific *qadra.

ara (passive araia or arahia or aratia)

1. to rise up, awake, arise, revive

   Nā tētahi nūpepa te kōrero inatata nei kei te ara mai anō te reo Māori.

   Just recently a newspaper reported that the Māori language is reviving.

• “ara” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• ira

ara

1. third person dual; the two of them

From Pre-Nauruan *řaa, from Proto-Micronesian *caa, from Proto-Oceanic *draʀaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

ara

1. blood (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.

ara

1. name

• adara (Gascony)
• aüra (Niçard)

From Old Occitan, from Latin ad hōram.

• Audio (Béarn):

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ara

1. now

• Guilhemjoan, Patric (2005), Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), Per Noste, →ISBN, page 28.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːrɑ/

āra pl

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of ār (“glory; oar”)
2. genitive plural of ār (“ore; messenger”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾa/

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ a (“the”, neuter accusative singular).

ara (triggers eclipsis)

1. for (the sake of) the, because of the (neuter accusative singular)

Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ a (“his/her/their”).

ara (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)

1. for (the sake of) his/her/its/their, because of his/her/its/their

ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) +‎ -a (relative pronoun)

ara· (triggers lenition in direct relative clauses and eclipsis in indirect relative clauses)

1. for (the sake of) whom/which, because of whom/which

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ara.

ara (negative arna or arná or arnacon or arnachon)

2. so that
3. that (introduces a noun clause)

• (so that): co

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 898; reprinted 2017

• hara

• IPA^(key): /a.ra/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra

ara

1. alternative spelling of hara (“emphatic particle in address”)

ara

1. alternative spelling of hara (“Ficus”)
2. alternative spelling of āhāra (“food”)

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982), Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[5], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

ara

1. inflection of ari:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. accusative/genitive plural

ara

1. misspelling of 'ara

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: a‧ra

Borrowed from Spanish ara.

ara f

1. macaw (parrot of genus Ara)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ara

1. genitive singular of ar

• ara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: a‧ra

From Latin āra.

ara f (plural aras)

1. any altar for sacrifices
2. (Catholicism) the altar stone: the stone covered by the corporal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ara

1. inflection of arar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

ara!

1. (Brazil, dialectal, Caipira) Expression of dismay, discontentment or surprise.

• “ara”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Proto-Polynesian *hala. Cognates include Hawaiian ala and Māori ara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ra

ara

1. path, road, way

• Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 183
• Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[6], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 505

Inherited from Latin arāre, from Proto-Italic *araō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éryeti (“to plough”), from the root *h₂erh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /aˈra/

• Audio:

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a ara (third-person singular present ară, past participle arat, third-person subjunctive are) 1st conjugation

1. to plough

   Synonym: plugări

• arat
• arător
• arătură

• plug

Borrowed from French ara, from Old Tupi ara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra/

ara m (uncountable)

1. ara (bird)

• cacadu
• jaco, iaco
• kakapo
• kea
• lori
• papagal
• peruș

• “ara”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• ala (Castelsardo, Sedini)^[1]

Inherited from Classical Latin āla, from earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

• IPA^(key): (Turritan) /ˈara/^[1]

ara f (plural ari)

1. wing

ara

1. five

• Claudia Wegener (2012), A Grammar of Savosavo, Berlin: De Gruyter, →OCLC, page 73

ara

1. and

• Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861), Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎^[7], volume IV, Cramoisy Press.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾa/ [ˈa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: a‧ra

From Latin āra.

ara f (plural aras)

1. altar

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like ara, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el ara. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al ara, del ara.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un ara or una ara. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor ara, una buena ara.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el ara única, un(a) ara buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

ara

1. inflection of arar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

ara m (plural aras)

1. (South America) ara (bird)

• “ara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːra/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːra

ara c

1. ara (macaw)

   Synonym: arapapegoja

• papegoja (“parrot”)

• ara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Polynesian *hala. Cognates include Hawaiian ala, Māori ara, Samoan ala, Rapa Nui ara.

ara

1. path, route, trail

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔrəβ (“to write”).

Cognate with Ghomara ara (“to write”), Central Atlas Tamazight and Kabyle aru (“to write”), Northern Saharan Berber, Sokna, Senhaja de Srair, and Tarifit ari (“to write”), Ghadames orəḇ (“to write”), Awjila arə́v (“to write”), and Zenaga iʔrih (“to dictate”).

• IPA^(key): /ara/

ara (intensive aorist ttara, verbal noun tirra, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⴰ, Arabic spelling آرا)

1. to write, to be written

   Synonym: ktb

   الُامّي جّون ياران يات.

   lummi jjun yaran yat.

   an illiterate who has never written anything.

   آرا يات تبرات ي ڭُماك. ― ara yat tbrat i gʷmak. ― write a letter to your brother.

2. to draft a legal document

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 376
• Marijn van Putten (2019), “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica (in Spanish), Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, page 271

Cognate with Tidore ora (“moon”) and possibly West Makian odo (“moon”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɾa]

ara

1. the moon
2. calendar

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.ˈɾɑ/

ara

1. singular dative of ar

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرا (ara), from Proto-Turkic *hār- (“split, divide, cleave in twain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀 (r¹a /⁠āra⁠/).

ara (definite accusative arayı, plural aralar)

1. space or time between two things
2. (theater, music) interval, entr'acte, interlude
3. (sports, military) distance between two people in a line formation, e.g. elbow, arm, double arm
4. (sports) half-time, time-out
5. midst
6. one's relationship with something or someone, terms

   Aramız iyi değil.

   We're not on good terms./Things are not good between us.

   Matematikle aran nasıl?

   How are you with math?

ara

1. That which is in between.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ara

1. second-person singular imperative of aramak

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ara”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

• era

From Latin ārea. Compare Italian aia.

ara f (plural are)

1. farmyard (courtyard of a farm)

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɔ́-la, cognates include Igala ọ́la.

• ارَ
• ọra

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾā/

ara

1. body

ara!

1. (Ekiti) hello

   Synonyms: okun, ọra

• ìn ara

• This greeting in Sense 2 is used only among southern speakers of the Ekiti dialect, including speakers of the Akure dialect

Borrowed from Arabic رَعْد (raʕd).

• ààrá

• IPA^(key): /à.ɾá/

àrá

1. thunder

   Synonyms: àpáàrá, àrìrà

• ẹdùn àrá (“thunderbolt”)

• irá (Ilajẹ)
• iá (Ondo)
• ịrá (Ekiti)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɾá/

ará

1. relative, family, relations, member
2. people, kin, folk

   Ará Ìbàdàn ― The people of Ibadan

• IPA^(key): /à.ɾà/

àrà

1. wonder, miracle, spectacle

• IPA^(key): /à.ɾà/

àrà

1. style, fashion

   Synonym: oge

ara (c)

1. breakfast