“Achar” is a form of
ajar
UK /əˈd͡ʒɑː/ · US /əˈd͡ʒɑɹ/ adverb, adjective, verb, noun
Forms ajars ajarring ajarred achar
- adverb Slightly turned or opened. “The door was standing ajar.”
- verb (rare, perhaps nonstandard, transitive, intransitive) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
- adverb (archaic) Out of harmony.
- adverb Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
- verb (rare, intransitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
- noun Synonym of Adjaran.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.
From a- (“in, at”) + jar (“discord, disagreement”).
From Georgian აჭარლები (ač̣arlebi).
Webster’s 1913
- adverb Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
- adverb In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
Etymology [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char.]
Etymology [Pref. a- + jar.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ajar”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details