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Ajar

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a⋅jar

1  [uh-jahr]
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–adjective, adverb
neither entirely open nor entirely shut; partly open: The door was ajar.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME on char on the turn; see a- 1 , char 3

a⋅jar

2  [uh-jahr]
–adverb, adjective
in contradiction to; at variance with: a story ajar with the facts.
Origin:
1545–55; for at jar at discord; cf. jar 3 (n.)

A⋅jar⋅i⋅a

  [uh-jahr-ee-uh]
–noun
an autonomous region in SW Georgia, bordered by Turkey and the Black Sea. 383,000; 1,120 sq. mi. (2,900 sq. km). Capital: Batumi.
Also, A⋅djar⋅i⋅a, A⋅dzhar⋅i⋅a, A⋅jar⋅a, A⋅djar⋅a, A⋅dzhar⋅a [uh-jahr-uh] .
Also called Adzharistan (1921–91), Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–91).
Official name, Ajarian Autonomous Republic.

Related forms:
A⋅jar⋅i⋅an, adjective, noun
A⋅jar [ah-jahr, uh-jahr] noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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a·jar   (ə-jär')   
adv.   & adj.
Partially opened: left the door ajar.

[Middle English on char : on, in; see on + char, turn (from Old English cierr).]
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Word Origin & History

ajar 
1718, perhaps from Scottish dialectal a char "slightly open," earlier on char (early 16c.), from M.E. char, from O.E. cier "a turn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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