köken: Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).
aile: c'est un ici, là-bas
Quoi il y a, cher?
Tu connais moi j'ai du r'gret / J'ai du r'gret pour tout ça moi j't'ai fait / Pardonne-moi, viens-toi donc à la maison, chère
köken: From Early Middle Japanese adjective 高(たか)し (takashi), with the 終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) (shūshikei, “predicative form”) ending in し (shi) first replaced with the 連(れん)体(たい)形(けい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”) ending in き (ki), and then with the medial /-k-/ falling out to result in an ending of い (i). From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *taka.
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 빋ᄉᆞ다 (Yale: pitsota). From 빋 (bit, “price”) + ᄊᆞ다 (ssᆞda, “(to) cost”).
dear, expensive (high in price; costing much money) · expensive (e.g. of a person, offering e.g. a service for a high price) · expensive (requiring much resources)
çekim: karşılaştırma droższy · üstünlük najdroższy
eş: kosztowny, bliski
zıt: tani
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *dargás Proto-Slavic *dȏrgъ Old Polish drogi Polish drogi Inherited from Old Polish drogi.
aile: drogocenny, za drogie pieniądze, drogie kamienie, drożyzna, drożeć
expensive (having a high price or cost) · precious, valuable (of high value or worth) · costly (requiring great sacrifice, having grave consequences)
çekim: karşılaştırma drágább · üstünlük legdrágább
zıt: olcsó
köken: Borrowed from a South Slavic or a West Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian, Slovene drag; Czech, Slovak drahý; Polish drogi (“expensive, dear”), from Proto-Slavic *dorgъ. Hungarian most likely borrowed the feminine form of the Slavic adjective.
From Late Koine Greek ἀκριβός (akribós, “valuable”), an alternative form of Ancient Greek ἀκριβής (akribḗs, “exact, accurate, precise”). Doublet of ακριβής (akrivís).