biar

• bar (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz. Cognate with German wir, English we.

biar

1. (Luserna) we

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “biar” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

From Malay biar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiar/ [ˈbi.ar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: bi‧ar

biar

1. to let; to allow

biar

1. so that; in order to

• “biar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ. Cognate to Acehnese bieuë and Tagalog bihag.

• IPA^(key): [bi.ja(r)]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: bi‧ar

biar (Jawi spelling بيار)

1. To let; to allow.

   Biar dia pergi seorang diri kalau dia berani sangat.

   Let him go by himself if he's so brave to do it.

biar (Jawi spelling بيار)

1. So that; so.

   Synonyms: agar, supaya

   Bagi duit tu kat pengemis tu, biar dia dapat makan untuk hari ni sekurang-kurangnya.

   Give that money to that beggar so that he could eat for at least today.

2. (idiomatic) No matter if.

   Biar putih tulang jangan putih mata ― No matter if you die, do not let yourself be put to shame

• Indonesian: biar

• “biar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 (1901) A Malay-English dictionary‎^[1], Kelly & Walsh Ltd, retrieved 10 October 2024, page 140
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *bihaʀ

• ber (unstressed)

From Middle High German wir, from Old High German wir, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz. Cognate with German wir, English we.

biar (accusative ens, possessive enk)

1. we

• “biar” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.