jarra

See also: Jarra

Darkinjung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɐrɐ/

Noun

jarra

1. shin
2. bone

Latin

Alternative forms

• jarrus m, jarrum n

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَّة (jarra). Widely loaned into Romance languages; compare Old French jare (modern French jarre), Italian giara, Spanish jarra.

Noun

jarra f (genitive jarrae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a liquid measure based on the size of a jar

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jarra	jarrae
Genitive	jarrae	jarrārum
Dative	jarrae	jarrīs
Accusative	jarram	jarrās
Ablative	jarrā	jarrīs
Vocative	jarra	jarrae

Martuthunira

Noun

jarra

1. whistling kite (Haliastur sphenurus)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• jarro

Etymology

From Arabic جَرَّة (jarra).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ʁɐ/ [ˈʒa.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ʁɐ/ [ˈʒa.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ʁɐ/ [ˈʒa.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ʁa/ [ˈʒa.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒa.ʁɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: jar‧ra

Noun

jarra f (plural jarras)

1. jug; ewer; pitcher (deep vessel for holding liquids)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthern receptacle”), cognate with Catalan gerra, French jarre, Italian giara and English jar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxara/ [ˈxa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ja‧rra

Noun

jarra f (plural jarras)

1. jug, pitcher

   Synonym: pichel

2. stein, mug

   Synonym: taza

Derived terms

• en jarras (“akimbo”)
• Llanura de las Jarras

 

Related terms

• jarro m
• jarrón m

 

Further reading

• “jarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16