Definitions for Afar

Afar a·far

Spelling: [uh-fahr]
IPA: /əˈfɑr/

Afar is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Afar (aafr).

Definitions for Afar

noun

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

Idioms

  1. from afar, from a long way off:

adverb

  1. from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed by off):

Origin of Afar

1125-75; Middle English a fer, on ferr; replacing Old English feorran. See a-1 (perhaps also a-2 for the meaning “from”),

Examples for Afar

One thing only seemed to make a signal of distress from afar.

The team tracked individuals from afar to get a sense of their behavior.

But the Chief of the Mountain Division who saw all from afar could say nothing.

“Letters to afar” demonstrates how ordinary the victims were.

If ever there was a time for a show like “Letters to afar” to be shown in Budapest, it is now.

Even if we succeed well we do but approach towards it from afar.

The crowd surged about the ticker, and their voices came as from afar.

Some had evidently come from afar, for the fame of the revivalist was widespread.

But the big question, of course, was how closely Russia watched from afar.

Zamir had to make do with observing events from afar, and what he saw was totally unsatisfactory.

Word Value for Afar
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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