dear

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  High in price; expensive.
 * 2) * 1902, Briquettes as Fuel in Foreign Countries (report of the United States Bureau of Foreign Commerce):
 * This water is sold for 50 cents per ton, which is not dear under the circumstances.
 * 1) Loved; lovable.
 * 2) Lovely; kind.
 * 3) Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
 * 4) Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
 * 5)  Noble.
 * 1) Lovely; kind.
 * 2) Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
 * 3) Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
 * 4)  Noble.
 * 1) Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
 * 2) Precious to or greatly valued by someone.
 * 3)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.
 * 1)  Noble.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: geliefde
 * Aklanon: mahae
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: মৰমৰ
 * Belarusian: лю́бы, дарагі́, мі́лы
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: cur, cuora, cuor
 * Danish: kære
 * Dutch: (teer),, , ,
 * Esperanto: kara, aminda
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: cjâr, čhâr
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: lieb
 * Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φίλος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: ionúin, dil, dílis
 * Istriot: caro
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خۆشەویست
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: dārgs, mīļš
 * Lithuanian:, mielas,
 * Lombard:
 * Macedonian: драг, мил
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: प्रिय
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:, estimat
 * Old Church Slavonic: любъ, драгъ
 * Old English: lēof, dīere
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: leef
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionmhainn
 * Shor: қайран
 * Slovak: drahý, milý
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: luby
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: lobi, switi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tocharian B: laraṣke, lāre
 * Turkish: ,
 * Tuvan: эргим
 * Ukrainian:, ми́лий, лю́бий
 * Urdu: پیارا,
 * Venetian: caro
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Latvian: mīļš
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionmhainn
 * Spanish: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dyrebar
 * Dutch:, , , , ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: tüür
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ionúin, dil, dílis
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئازیز
 * Nepali: प्रिय
 * Old Church Slavonic: любъ
 * Old English: dīere
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Plautdietsch: dia, leef
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionmhainn
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: дарагі́, шано́ўны, паважа́ны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kære
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Faroese: kærur,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: sehr geehrter/sehr geehrte
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: a chara, a chairde
 * Japanese:,  親愛なる,
 * Khmer: ជូនចំពោះ
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەڕێز
 * Latvian: cienītais
 * Lithuanian: gerbiamas
 * Macedonian: мил, драг
 * Mongolian:, , эрхэм хүндэт
 * Norwegian: ærede
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: stimate
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: поштовани,
 * Slovak: drahý, vážený
 * Slovene: dragi
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: lespeki
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: அன்புக்குரிய
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: kính thưa,
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: a chara, a chairde
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 親愛なる,
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: lobi
 * Tamil: அன்பே
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German: Lieber
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 親愛なる
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: گیان
 * Navajo: aháláaneʼ
 * Pashto: ګران
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: dragi
 * Spanish: señor mío, señora mía, ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Dutch: (mijn)
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: amigo mío, amiga mía
 * ,, compa mío, maestro mío


 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Guaraní:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English: (1)
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,

Noun

 * 1) A very kind, loving person.
 * 2) A beloved person.
 * 3) An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife.
 * 4) An elderly person, especially a woman.
 * 1) An elderly person, especially a woman.
 * 1) An elderly person, especially a woman.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, възлюбен
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Liebste, Liebster, Teuerste, Teuerster
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: драги, драга, мила
 * Latin:, ,
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * 1)  To endear.

Adverb

 * 1) Dearly; at a high price.

Etymology 2
From, from , , from. Cognate with the above.

Adjective

 * 1) Severe, or severely affected; sore.
 * 2)  Fierce.

Verb

 * 1) to draw (design)

Etymology
From, from , from.