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== Ayu == === Noun === ador plural of idor === References === Blench, Roger, The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2011), page 6 == Latin == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ed- (“grain, barley”). The term may derive from Proto-Italic *adōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd-ōs (“dried stuff, grain”, collective). Alternatively, it may derive from Proto-Italic *ados, from *h₂éd-os, perhaps whence also Old Irish ad, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk), and Old Armenian հատ (hat). Hittite [script needed] (ḫattar) has also been connected, though this is highly uncertain. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.dɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.dor] === Noun === ador n (genitive adō̆ris); third declension a kind of hulled wheat of the genus Triticum: emmer, farro, or spelt ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “ădor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ador”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ădŏr”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 52/1. “ador” on page 52/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82) De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ador, -oris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25 Kroonen, Guus; Jakob, Anthony; Palmér, Axel; van Sluis, Paulus; Wigman, Andrew (12 October 2022), “Indo-European cereal terminology suggests a Northwest Pontic homeland for the core Indo-European languages”, in Wichmann, Søren, editor, PLoS ONE‎[1], volume 17, number 10, →DOI, page 11 of 45 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aˈdor] === Verb === ador first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of adora == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الدَّوْر (ad-dawr, “turn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈdoɾ/ [aˈð̞oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: a‧dor === Noun === ador m (plural adores) (agriculture) a time period allotted for watering crops === Further reading === “ador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025