Ajar

Etymology
on char, ajar "on the turn" from on + char "turn, occasion" from ċierr, cyrr "turn" from  ċierran "to turn, convert". Akin to akerre, kier "ajar",  kehren "to turn". See char.

Adverb

 * 1) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
 * 2) Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
 * 3) * 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.14:
 * There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar [...].

Adjective

 * 1) Slightly turned or opened; as, the door is ajar (adjective usage).
 * When is a door not a door? When it is ajar.
 * The pantry door was ajar, so I opened it and took out the jamb.

Verb

 * 1)  To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
 * 2) * 1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, Volume 10,
 * A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
 * 1) * 1977, Bill Reed, Dogod,
 * Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars, if it hasn't jarred too much already.
 * 1) * 2007, Loki, Shard of the Ancient,
 * Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.
 * 1)  To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
 * 2) * 1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, Volume 36,
 * It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.

Thesaurus
agape; clashing; conflicting; confused; dehiscent; gaping; grating; harsh; jangling; jangly; jarring; jostling; openmouthed; oscitant; ringent; slack-jawed; warring; yawning

Adverb

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: op een kier


 * Icelandic: í hálfa gátt
 * Spanish:


 * Icelandic: úr samræmi, í ósamræmi, úr takti

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: открехнат
 * Czech:
 * Danish: på klem
 * Dutch: op een kier
 * Finnish: raollaan
 * French: ,


 * Icelandic: opinn til hálfs, opin til hálfs, opið til hálfs; opinn í hálfa gátt, opin í hálfa gátt, opið í hálfa gátt
 * Norwegian: på gløtt
 * Portuguese: entreaberta
 * Russian: приоткрытый
 * Spanish: entreabierto, entornado
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * raja

Verb
ajar (used in the form mengajar)


 * 1) to teach

Derived terms

 * belajar to learn, to study
 * pelajar student, pupil
 * pelajaran lesson
 * pengajar teacher

Etymology
From obsolete ahajar:.

Verb

 * 1)  to fade, wither