afar

A·far

 (ä′fär)

n. pl. Afar or A·fars

1. A member of a people of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.

2. The Cushitic language of the Afar.

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[Afar qafár.]

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a·far

 (ə-fär′)

adv.

From, at, or to a great distance: saw it afar off; traveled afar.

n.

A long distance: tales from afar.

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[Middle English afer, from on fer, far, and from of fer, from afar, from Old English feor, far; see far.]

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afar

(əˈfɑː)

adv

at, from, or to a great distance

n

a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar)

[C14: a fer, altered from earlier on fer and of fer; see a-², far]

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a•far

(əˈfɑr)

adv.

from, at, or to a distance; far away (often fol. by off): He saw the castle afar off.

Idioms:

from afar, from a long way off.

[1125–75; Middle English a fer, on ferr. See a-¹, far]

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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

afar - (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far; "we traveled afar"; "we could see the ship afar off"; "the Magi came from afar"

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afar

adverb a distance, a long way away a stranger who has loved her from afar for 23 years

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Translations

Afar

مِن بَعِيد، عَن بُعْد

àfar

afarštinadalekov dálcezdaleka

langt væk fra

fernAfarDanakil

μακριά

afara lingvo

afar

afarafarin kieli

afarloin

`afar afadalafarafarafafarski jezik

messziről

langt aî

afarlontano

afarafarųafarų kalbadanakilųdanakilų kalba

from afarno tālienestālutālumā

AfarDanakil

afarafarsklangt borte

afardanakilskijęzyk danakil

Afar

афарскийафарский языкданакильский язык

afar

Afaruzaktan

从远处遥远地

afar

[əˈfɑːʳ] ADV (liter) → lejos
from afar → desde lejos
afar off → a lo lejos, en lontananza (liter)

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afar

[əˈfɑː^r] adv
from afar → de loin

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afar

adv (liter) → weit; from afar → aus der Ferne, von weit her

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afar

[əˈfɑːʳ] adv (old) (liter) → lontano
from afar → da lontano

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afar

(əˈfaː) adverb

from, at or to a distance. The three wise men came from afar. van ver مِن بَعِيد، عَن بُعْد далечен distante zdaleka, v dálce, daleko fern langt væk fra μακριάlejos kaugelt, kaugel, kaugele از دور؛ با فاصله kaukaa loinמרחוק दूर से, दूर पर izdaleka messziről jauh langt að (kominn) lontano 遠くに 멀리 (iš) toli no tālienes jauh verlangt bortedaleko له لیری څخه de longe departe вдали; далеко; издалека ďaleko, zďaleka daleč izdaleka fjärran ห่างไกล uzaktan 從遠處 здаля; вдалині دور ، بعید ở xa 从远处，遥远地

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