akar

From Proto-Bahnaric *ʔəkaːr. Cognate with Sedang kéa. Compare Proto-Katuic *ʔŋkar (whence Ngeq ŋkar).

• IPA^(key): /ʔakaːr/

akar 

1. skin

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Ugric [Term?] + -r (obsolete frequentative suffix).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒkɒr]

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• Hyphenation: akar
• Rhymes: -ɒr

akar

1. (auxiliary with an infinitive or transitive) to want

   Egyetemre akart menni. ― S/he wanted to go to university.

   • 1912, Dezső Kosztolányi, Akarsz-e játszani?:

     A játszótársam, mondd, akarsz-e lenni, / akarsz-e mindig, mindig játszani, / akarsz-e együtt a sötétbe menni, / gyerekszívvel fontosnak látszani, / borból-vízből mértékkel tölteni, / gyöngyöt dobálni, semminek örülni, / sóhajtva rossz ruhákat ölteni?

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• Category:Hungarian auxiliary verbs

• akar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (dialectal, archaic form of akár): akar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• akar 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).

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

akar

1. root (of plant)

From Malay akar, from Classical Malay اكر (akar), from Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

• Displaced Dutch wortel (“(arithmetic) square root, root”, literally “root (plant)”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

• IPA^(key): /a.kar/

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• Rhymes: -akar, -kar, -ar

akar (plural akar-akar, first-person possessive akarku, second-person possessive akarmu, third-person possessive akarnya)

1. root:
   1. (literally) the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients.
   2. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

      Synonym: akar gigi

   3. the part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

      Synonym: akar rambut

   4. (figurative) origin: the primary source.

      Synonym: sumber

   5. (arithmetic) of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
   6. (arithmetic) clipping of akar kuadrat (“a square root”).
   7. (linguistic morphology) the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents.

      Synonym: akar kata

   8. (computing) in UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.

      Synonyms: akun akar, pengguna akar

• “akar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

• IPA^(key): /aka(r)/
• Rhymes: -akar, -kar, -ar

akar (Jawi spelling اکر, plural akar-akar, informal 1st possessive akarku, 2nd possessive akarmu, 3rd possessive akarnya)

1. a root, a part of a plant that generally grow underground to absorbs water and nutrients.
2. a creeping or climbing plant; liana.
3. (figurative) origin or primary source.
4. (of tooth) the part of a tooth that extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
5. (of hair) the part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
6. (Indonesia, arithmetic) of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
7. (linguistic morphology) the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. See akar kata.

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اکر akar”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 15
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اکر akar”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 27
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “akar”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 13
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.

• “akar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• akah

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *(w)akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ.

akar

1. Alternative form of akah

From Ottoman Turkish عقار, from Arabic عَقَار (ʕaqār).

akar (definite accusative akarı, plural akarlar)

1. real estate

From French acare, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí).

akar (definite accusative akarı, plural akarlar)

1. mite, tick

akar

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of akmak

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akar1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “akar2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

akar

1. house, hut, tent