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ara en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪ.ɹə/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara.

Meanings

1. The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

Forms

Synonyms

blue-and-yellow macaw · blue-and-gold macaw

Translations (9)

nl blauwgele ara (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · pl ararauna (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · ru cи́не-жёлтый а́ра (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · sl rumenoprsi ara (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · pl ara ararauna (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · pt arara-canindé (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · pt canindé (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · de Gelbbrustara (Ara ararauna, a macaw) · tpw kanindé (Ara ararauna, a macaw)

ara en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛɹ.ə/

Etymology

Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.

Meanings

1. A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.

Forms

ara en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑɹə/

Etymology

From Japanese あら (ara).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus).
   • Among the species which are met with on every coast, and during the whole year, are especially [...] the Ara (Niphon Spinosus Schl.), which frequents the coast of Yezo in particular, as is indicated by its other name , Matsumaye-ara. The many-membered genus of the saw-perches (Serranus) which inhabits all tropical and subtropical seas,[…] 1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 192:

Forms

Translations (3)

ko 다금바리 (saw-edged perch) · ja 𩺊 (saw-edged perch) · pl ara (saw-edged perch)