afar

UK: /əˈfɑː^r/ US: /əˈfɑr/ ,'afar': (ə fär′); 'Afar': (ä′fär)

Inflections of 'Afar' (n):

Afars

npl (All usages)

Afara

npl (All usages)

Afar

npl (Can be used as a collective plural—e.g. "Afar have roamed these lands for generations.")

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a•far /əˈfɑr/  adv.  Idioms

1. Idioms from afar, from a long way off:
   The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.

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a•far  (ə fär′), adv. 

1. from, at, or to a distance;
   far away (usually fol. by off ):
   He saw the castle afar off.

n. 

2. from afar, from a long way off:
   The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.

• 1125–75; Middle English a fer, on ferr; replacing Old English feorran. See a-¹ (perh. also a-² for the meaning "from''), far

A•far  (ä′fär), n., pl. A•fars, A•fa•ra (ə fär′ə), (esp. collectively) A•far for 1.

1. Language Varieties a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
2. Language Varieties the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars. Also called Danakil. 

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afar / əˈfɑː/ adverb

1. at, from, or to a great distance

noun

1. a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar)

Etymology: 14th Century: a fer, altered from earlier on fer and of fer; see a-², far