makar

From Scots makar. Doublet of maker.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmakə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmækɚ/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -akə, (General American) -ækə(ɹ)

makar (plural makars)

1. A poet writing in Scots.

makar (plural makars)

1. Alternative form of mugger (“type of crocodile”)

• Karam, karma, krama

makar inan

1. gum (in the eye)

makar

1. indefinite nominative plural of maki

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakar/
• Rhymes: -kar, -ar, -r
• Hyphenation: ma‧kar

From Malay makar, from Arabic مَكْر‎ (makr, “plot, scheme, plan”).[1]

makar (plural makar-makar, first-person possessive makarku, second-person possessive makarmu, third-person possessive makarnya)

1. deception, cheating, trickery.

   Synonyms: akal busuk, tipu muslihat

2. stratagem, scheme, plan.
3. revolt

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

makar

1. unripe
2. tough

• bangkar

• kaku
• keras

• “makar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

makar m

1. indefinite plural of make

From Middle English maker; equivalent to English maker.

makar (plural makars)

1. maker, creator
2. author, writer, poet

From Greek μακάρι (makári, “I wish”).

• IPA^(key): /mǎkar/

màkar (Cyrillic spelling ма̀кар)

1. at least
2. (usually preceded by conjunctive da) only
3. even if, regardless

• (at least): bȁr, bàrem, nȃjmanjē
• (even if, regardless): čak i ako, iako

makar

1. indefinite plural of make.

makar

1. present tense of maka.

• krama

From Ottoman Turkish مقر‎ (makar), from Arabic مَقَرّ‎ (maqarr).

makar (definite accusative makarrı, plural makarlar) (obsolete)

1. seat; center of power, headquarters, capital
   • 1936 August 22, caption beside map of Spanish Civil War in Açık Söz:

     Kara kuvvet ve müttefikleri engizisyonun makarrı olan İspanya'da kiliseleri, manastırları, keşişleri ile birlikte ve bir daha dirilememek üzere gömülüyor!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “makarr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 685
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مقر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1208
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مقر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1942