vakars

Etymology
From, from. The stem was probably originally an adjective, of which <  was a nominalized version, and  the adverbial form, originally meaning “the previous night” and only later “yesterday”; compare 🇨🇬,. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) evening time of day, roughly around sunset; also, the time period at the end of the day and before the beginning of the night
 * 2)  evening typical of that time period; happening in that time period
 * 3)  evening the final or end phase of some phenomenon
 * 4) evening a social event taking place at the end of the day
 * 5)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 6)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening typical of that time period; happening in that time period
 * 2)  evening the final or end phase of some phenomenon
 * 3) evening a social event taking place at the end of the day
 * 4)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 5)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening typical of that time period; happening in that time period
 * 2)  evening the final or end phase of some phenomenon
 * 3) evening a social event taking place at the end of the day
 * 4)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 5)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening the final or end phase of some phenomenon
 * 2) evening a social event taking place at the end of the day
 * 3)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 4)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 2)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 2)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 2)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  evening used or worn for activies or events that happen at the end of the day
 * 2)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday
 * 1)  eve the final stage of that holiday; also, the night before that holiday

Usage notes
is a noun, meaning “evening” (locative form “in the evening”, used also as a temporal adverb) while historically related  is an adverb, meaning “yesterday” (its nominal counterpart is  “(the day of) yesterday”).