yer

yer

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tarok.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tarok terms

Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /jʌ/
• Rhymes: -ɛə, -ʌ

yer

1. (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of yeah (“yes”).

Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jɝ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /jɜː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

yer (plural yers)

1. Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

• jer

From you.

• (East Anglian Dialect) IPA^(key): /jɜː/

yer

1. (UK, slang, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you (plural or singular).
   • 1916 April 13, Oswald Kendall, “The Romance of the Martin Connor”, in The Youth's Companion‎^[1], volume 90, number 15, page 198, column 2:

     "Thet one in the Formosa Channel was tremenjus. The velocity of the wind tetched a ’undred and forty mile,—so it was computed at Taipei,— arfter which it blew the wind gedge away. Yer need a string to yer ’at in a breeze like thet!"

   • 1992, Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe:

     'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.

• yer one
• yerself, yerselves

yer

1. (UK, slang) Pronunciation spelling of you're (“you are”).
   • 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd:

     Yer a lotta nosey parkers.

   • 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     ‘Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,’ said Hagrid. ‘Harry – yer a wizard.’

yer

1. (UK, Southern US, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
   • 1991, Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost, London: Random Century Group:

     'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.

   • 1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], chapter IV, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     ‘Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.’

   • 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: House of Joustus:

     Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'

• ya

• -ery, Rey, Rye, e'ry, eyr, rye, yre

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.^[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Turkish yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.

• IPA^(key): /jer/, [jerʲ]

• Audio:

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yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerlər)

1. ground

   Yerdən götürdüyünü ağzına salma! ― Don't put into your mouth anything you picked from the ground!

2. place, location

   Bütün sənədlər bir yerdə saxlanılmalıdır ― All the documents must be kept in one place.

3. space

   Şkafda paltar üçün yer daha qalmayıb! ― There is no space left for more clothes in the closet!

4. (colloquial) bed, mattress, bedding

   Hər səhər öz yerini yığmalısan. ― You must tidy your bedding up every morning.

yer

1. water

• Paideuma, volume 52 (2006), page 152

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeːʁ/

yer f pl

1. plural of yar

yer f pl

1. plural of yar (“chicken, hen”)

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹr.^[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir) and Azerbaijani yer.

yer

1. earth.
2. place, location.

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Perso-Arabic		یئر

From Proto-Turkic *yẹr.

• IPA^(key): [jɛɾ]
• (Talxâbî) IPA^(key): [jeˑɾ]
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [jɛɾ], [je̞ˑɾ], [jeˑɾ], [jie̯ɾ]

yer (definite accusative yerü, plural yerlər)

1. soil, ground
2. place
3. rank
4. dignity

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC

From French hier.

yer

1. yesterday

• avantyer

yer

1. romanization of 𐦤𐦡𐦫

yer

1. your

From Proto-Fula-Serer *yɛr, whence also Fula yarugol.^[1]

yer

1. to drink

• IPA^(key): [jæɾ̥]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -æɾ

From Ottoman Turkish یر, from Old Anatolian Turkish یر (yẹr), from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Old Turkic 𐰘𐰼 (yer), 𐰘𐰃𐰼 (yir), Azerbaijani yer, Gagauz er, Turkmen ýer.

yer (definite accusative yeri, plural yerler)

1. place, location

   O yere hiç gitmedim. ― I’ve never been there. (literally, “to that place”)

2. the ground, the earth

   Synonyms: yeryüzü, yerküre, dünya

   Yerin üçte ikisi sularla kaplıdır. ― Two thirds of the earth is covered with water.

3. ground, floor

   elindekini yere düşürdü ― he dropped the thing on his hands to the ground/floor

4. land, territory

   Synonyms: ülke, toprak

5. location, position

   Synonym: konum

6. site, place, a location where an event occurs

   Synonyms: mahal, alan, nokta

7. position, rank

   Synonyms: mevki, makam

8. importance

   Synonym: önem

   Türkiye'nin Asya'daki yeri ― the importance of Turkey in Asia

9. any part of a person
10. (euphemistic) butt, buttocks, ass

    yerini duvara vurmuş ― he hit his butt to the wall

    bir yerinden uyduruyor ― he is making it up from his butt

11. mark

    Synonym: iz

12. place, shoes, situation

    Synonym: durum

    yerimde olsan ne yapardın? ― what would you do if you were in my shoes/place?

13. place, capacity of housing, residence or presence

    evde bana da yeriniz var mı? ― do you have a place in your house for me too?

14. property, estate, specifically a one suitable for housing or residency

    Synonym: arsa

15. arable soil

    Synonyms: arazi, toprak

16. (Trabzon, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Ordu) farm

    Synonym: tarla

17. (Afyonkarahisar, Amasya, Ordu, Trabzon, Kars, Erzincan, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Sivas, Niğde) bed

    Synonym: yatak

yer

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of yemek

• “yer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “yer”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
• Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “yer”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “yer”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎^[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “yer”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Inherited from Chagatai یر, from Proto-Turkic *yẹr (“earth”). Cognate with Uyghur يەر (yer), Turkmen ýer, Azerbaijani yer, Turkish yer; Kazakh жер (jer), Kyrgyz жер (jer); etc.

• IPA^(key): /jɛr/, [jɛr]
• Hyphenation: yer

yer (plural yerlar)

1. earth
2. soil, ground

From Middle English your, from Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar.

• IPA^(key): /jɛr/

yer

1. your
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 45:

     Yer hele.

     Your health (a toast).

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:

     wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;

     to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:

     ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.

     the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.

• yerzel

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80