jaro

jaro (Sundanese script ᮏᮛᮧ)

1. chief

Inherited from Old Czech jaro, from Proto-Slavic *jaro, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Cognate with English year, German Jahr (“year”), Latin hōra (“hour, time, season”), Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “year, season”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaro]

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jaro n

1. spring (season)

   Synonym: (literary, rare) vesna

   Antonyms: podzim, (literary) jeseň

   na jaře ― in the spring

• “jaro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jaro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “jaro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Borrowed from German Jahr, English year, Yiddish יאָהר (yohr), Dutch jaar, Swedish år, and Icelandic ár.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaro/

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ja‧ro

jaro (accusative singular jaron, plural jaroj, accusative plural jarojn)

2. (astronomy) year (period of time)

   Meronyms: monato, semajno, sezono, tago

   • 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, speech at the first World Congress of Esperanto.

     Kaj antaŭ kelke da jaroj mortis tiu persono, al kiu Esperanto ŝuldas multe.

     And several years ago that person, to whom Esperanto owes a great deal, passed away.

   • 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof‎^[1]:

     Kvankam neriĉa, li proponis anonime certan sumon por daŭrigi la gazeton dum tri jaroj.

     Although not rich, he proposed anonymously a certain sum for continuing the gazette for three years.

   • 2025 November 27, Renée Triolle, “La unua eŭropano, kiu vizitis Tibeton Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969)”, in uea.facila‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Kiam ŝi havis 21 jarojn, ŝi konvertiĝis al budhismo.

     When she was 21 years old, she converted to Buddism.

• Ido: yaro

• “jaro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “jaro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “jar/o, year”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 91, 418
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “year”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[4], →ISBN, page 591
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “jar-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OL, page 187
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “jar-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[6], →OCLC, page 58

Borrowed from Esperanto ĵaro, English jar, French jarre, Italian giara, Spanish jarra, jarro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒaro/, /ˈd͡ʒaro/

jaro (plural jari)

1. jar (container)

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒa.ro/, [ˈd͡ʒa.ro]

jaro (plural jaro-jaro)

1. the thick bamboo slats that are used as posts or fence

• “jaro”, 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

jaro

1. nominative singular masculine of jara (“old”)

• Hyphenation: ja‧ro

jaro m (plural jaros)

1. alternative form of aro (arum plant)

• “jaro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaɾo/ [ˈxa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ja‧ro

jaro (feminine jara, masculine plural jaros, feminine plural jaras)

1. (of an animal, chiefly a pig) reddish, ruddy

jaro m (plural jaros)

1. alternative form of aro (arum lily)

• “jaro”, 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

jaro (Sundanese script ᮏᮛᮧ)

1. (Banten) village chief (especially in Baduy areas, such as Cibeo, Lebak Regency)