Meanings
afar1
- At, to, or from a great distance; far away; distantly.
He was seen from afar.
1 more example
He loved her from afar.
Afar2
plural Afars · alternative Qafar
- A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions.
Shortly thereafter he broke with Aref and supported independence. Aref was an Afar, and Gouled came from the Issa ethnic group, which for years had been at odds with the Afars.
1995, Neil A. Hamilton, Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary1 more example
[...] ethnic groups, the Afars. The majority of the Somali-speaking Issas, the other main group, do support President Hassan Gouled and his RPP, though the Prime Minister, Barkat Gourad is an Afar himself.
1982, Africa
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
afar · adverb
- Middle Englishafer
- Englishafar
From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.
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Full word history & related roots →Afar · proper noun, noun
- Afarqafár
- Afarqafár
- EnglishAfar
Borrowed from Afar qafár.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Afar
- Afarlanguage
Ancient Greek μακρόθεν, τῆλε
- μακρόθεν (makróthen)at, to or from a great distance
- τῆλε (têle)at, to or from a great distance
- νόσφι (nósphi)at, to or from a great distance
Arabic عَفَارِيَّة, عَفَار
- عَفَارِيَّة (ʕafāriyya)language
- عَفَار (ʕafār)member of this people
- عَفَارِيّ (ʕafāriyy)member of this people
Basque afariko
- afarikolanguage
Catalan lluny, al lluny
- llunyat, to or from a great distance
- al llunyat, to or from a great distance
- a la llunyaniaat, to or from a great distance
- àfarlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 阿法爾 /阿法尔, 阿法爾人 /阿法尔人
- 阿法爾 /阿法尔 (Āfǎ'ěr)region
- 阿法爾人 /阿法尔人 (Āfǎ'ěrrén)member of this people
Czech z dáli, afarština
- z dáliat, to or from a great distance
- afarštinalanguage
Danish langvejsfra
- langvejsfraat, to or from a great distance
Dutch Afar, Danakil
- Afarlanguage
- Danakillanguage
Esperanto de fore, afara lingvo
- de foreat, to or from a great distance
- afara lingvolanguage
Finnish kaukana, kauas
- kaukanaat, to or from a great distance
- kauasat, to or from a great distance
- kaukaaat, to or from a great distance
- afarlanguage
- afarin kielilanguage
French afar
- afarlanguage
German weit, fern
- weitat, to or from a great distance
- fernat, to or from a great distance
- weit wegat, to or from a great distance
- weitherat, to or from a great distance
- Afarlanguage
- Danakillanguage
Irish Afáiris
- Afáirislanguage
Italian da lontano, afar
- da lontanoat, to or from a great distance
- afarlanguage
Latin procul
- proculat, to or from a great distance
Latvian afāru valoda
- afāru valodalanguage
Lithuanian afar, afarų
- afarlanguage
- afarųlanguage
- danakilųlanguage
- afarų kalbalanguage
- danakilų kalbalanguage
Malay bahasa Afar
- bahasa Afarlanguage
Norwegian afar, afarsk
- afarlanguage
- afarsklanguage
Norwegian Bokmål langveisfra
- langveisfraat, to or from a great distance
Polish w oddali, afarski
- w oddaliat, to or from a great distance
- afarskilanguage
- Afarregion
- Afarmember of this people
Portuguese longe, afar
- longeat, to or from a great distance
- afarlanguage
Romanian afară
- afarălanguage
Russian далеко́, вдалеке́
- далеко́ (dalekó)at, to or from a great distance
- вдалеке́ (vdaleké)at, to or from a great distance
- вдали́ (vdalí)at, to or from a great distance
- издалека́ (izdaleká)at, to or from a great distance
- и́здали (ízdali)at, to or from a great distance
- афа́рский язы́к (afárskij jazýk)language
- афа́рский (afárskij)language
- данаки́льский язы́к (danakílʹskij jazýk)language
- данаки́льский (danakílʹskij)language
Spanish a lo lejos, lejos
- a lo lejosat, to or from a great distance
- lejosat, to or from a great distance
- afarlanguage
Swedish afar
- afarlanguage
Turkish Afarca
- Afarcalanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
afar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afar
“afar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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