Where does “jara” come from?

jara (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ahar, from Persian آخور, from Middle Persian ʾhwl — manger; stable; stable.

jara (Serbo-Croatian): spring; barley sown in summer; great heat, often...

Definitions

  1. spring; barley sown in summer; great heat, often...

Ancestry of “jara”, step by step

jara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian ahar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianahar—
2Persianآخورmanger, crib; stall; stable
3Middle Persianʾhwlmanger; stable; stable

via Proto-Slavic *jara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*jara—
Every word from Middle Persian ʾhwl →Every word from Persian آخور →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ahar →