yaar

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noun

A friend, pal, or buddy.

“Help me, yaar!”

OriginClassical Persian یار →
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Meanings

nounyaar (plural yaars)

plural yaars

  1. IndiaPakistanA friend, pal, or buddy.

    Help me, yaar!

    1 more example

    ‘I'm going to make the most of my life now, yaar,’ he said.

    1990, Hanif Kureishi, chapter 15, in The Buddha of Suburbia, London; Boston: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 222
  2. IndiaPakistanA lover.

    He was my yaar.

Origin

  1. Classical Persianیار
  2. Englishyaar

From Hindustani یار (yār) / यार (yār), from Classical Persian یار (yār).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

yaar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaar

MLA

“yaar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yaar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yaar.

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