- yahr
- yahr·zeit;
English syllables. 2014.
yahr
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Yahr — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Yahr Country and Admin Code YE.24.2504 YE … World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II
Yahr|zeit — «YAHR TSYT», noun. Judaism. the yearly anniversary of the death of a parent or close relative, observed by saying kaddish and by the lighting of a memorial candle. ╂[< Yiddish yortsayt (literally) a year s time] … Useful english dictionary
Hoehn and Yahr scale — The Hoehn and Yahr scale is a commonly used system for describing how the symptoms of Parkinson s disease progress. The scale allocates stages from 0 to 5 to indicate the relative level of disability.* Stage one: Symptoms on one side of the body… … Wikipedia
Yarkand — /yahr kand , kahnd /, n. Shache. Also, Yarkend /yahr kend /. * * * ▪ China Chinese (Pinyin) Shache or (Wade Giles romanization) Sha ch e , also spelled Yarkant oasis city, southwestern Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (Sinkiang,… … Universalium
Yarkand — /yahr kand , kahnd /, n. Shache. Also, Yarkend /yahr kend / … Useful english dictionary
Jahrzeit — /yahr tsuyt, yawr /, n. Judaism. Yahrzeit. * * * … Universalium
Yahrzeit — /yahr tsuyt, yawr /, n. Judaism. the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the… … Universalium
yar — /yahr, yair/, adj. yare (defs. 1, 2). * * * … Universalium
Yarborough — /yahr berr oh, bur oh/ or, esp. Brit., / beuhr euh/, n. Whist, Bridge. a hand in which no card is higher than a nine. [1895 1900; after the 2nd Earl of Yarborough (d. 1897), said to have bet 1000 to 1 against its occurrence] * * * … Universalium
yardang — /yahr dahng/, n. Geol. a keel shaped crest or ridge of rock, formed by the action of the wind, usually parallel to the prevailing wind direction. [earlier jardang, term introduced by Sven Hedin (1904); perh. a compound with Uigur yar cliff,… … Universalium
