Aanaar

== Inari Sami == === Etymology === Originally the name of the lake Inari. According to Rahkonen (2013), through Proto-Samic from an unknown language in the form *Indjäɣ(ə)r. (the latter component possibly ultimately deriving from Proto-Finno-Permic *jäwrä (“lake”), while the initial component *ind(V)- cannot be traced to any known language). Later, Rahkonen (2021) speculated that the name may be related to an old lake name Indärjärv south of the River Svir. === Proper noun === Aanaar Inari (a municipality of Lapland, Finland) synonym of Aanaarjävri (“Lake Inari”) ==== References ====