English

Proper noun

Thar

1. A desert in India and Pakistan

Anagrams

• Hart, hart, rath, tahr

English

Adverb

thar ‎(not comparable)

1. Nonstandard form of there.
   • 1849, Dr. M.F. Stephenson, assayor at the Mint at Lumpkin Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia^[1]:

     Thar's gold in them thar hills.

Noun

thar ‎(plural thars)

1. Alternative spelling of tahr

Anagrams

• Hart, hart, rath, tahr

Albanian

Etymology

From ther ‎(“to cut, slay”), with a similar sense development in other IE languages^[2].

Verb

thar ‎(first-person singular past tense thara, participle tharë)

1. to add ferment (to the milk)

Related terms

• thaj
• ther

References

1. ↑
2. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.472

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tar, dar ‎(“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Scottish Gaelic thar.

Preposition

thar ‎(plus dative, triggers no mutation in general references but lenition in qualified or particularized references)

1. over
   1. over, across; over, above

      thar an abhainn‎ ― across the river

2. by, past; through

   thar an doras‎ ― through the door

3. beyond

   thar m’eolas‎ ― beyond my knowledge

4. more than

Inflection

Derived terms

• thar barr ‎(“tip-top”)
• thar bord ‎(“overboard”)
• thar fulaingt ‎(“beyond endurance”)
• thar sáile ‎(“overseas”)

Etymology 2

Verb

thar

1. Lenited form of tar.

References

• "thar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 tar, dar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thar

1. there

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: daer
  • Dutch: daar

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þar.

Adverb

thar

1. there

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tar, dar ‎(“across, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ter, from Proto-Indo-European *tr. Cognate with Welsh tra; Latin trans, English through, Dutch door. Compare Irish thar.

Preposition

thar

1. over, across

   Sheòl sinn thar na mara.‎ ― We sailed across the sea.

2. beyond

   Tha sin thar mo chomais.‎ ― That is beyond my ability.

Usage notes

• The genitive case is used after this preposition.

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

References

• “1 tar, dar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.