Jair
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: jəʹĭɘ, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈɪə̯(r)/
- (General American) enPR: jəʹîr, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈɪəɹ/, [d͡ʒəˈɪɚ̯]
- (General Australian) enPR: jəʹĭɘ, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈɪə̯/
- (New Zealand) enPR: jəʹēɘ, IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈiːə̯/
- (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈir/
- (Wales) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈɜː/
- (India) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈiaɾ/
- Hyphenation: Ja‧ir
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Proper noun[edit]
Jair
- A judge of Israel.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 10:3:
- And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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Statistics[edit]
- Jair is the 8473rd most common given name in the United States, with around 1,077 people bearing the name. [1]
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Old Norse[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Jair m
- Jair
- Stjórn 195, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 403:
- Þar næst var domandi yfir Gyðingvm sa maðr er het Jair af Galaað .ii. ár oc .xx.
- And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. (KJV)
- Stjórn 195, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 403:
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Portuguese[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Jair m
- a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jair or Yair
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