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ars

ars is the plural of ar.

Meaning of ar

Noun

ar (plural ars)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.
    • All the ars in the inscription.

See all 3 meanings of ar

Noun (1)

ars (plural arsim)

  1. (Israel, derogatory) Mizrahi

Noun (2) capitalized: ARS

ARS (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of acute radiation syndrome.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of acute retroviral syndrome.

Noun (3) capitalized: ARs

ARs

  1. (plural) plural of AR

Noun (4) capitalized: Ars

Ars

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ars.

Forms of ars

pluralarsim

Origin of ars

For the sense of "Mizrahi person", Arabic عرص (“a shepherd”), which became an Arabic slang word referring to pimps who "shepherd" prostitutes. This term was influenced by stereotypes of Mizrahi Jews as crude and aggressive, later used by an Israeli subculture. Not related to the vulgar word arse.

Phrases with ars

Questions about ars

What does ars mean?
Ars means mizrahi.
What is ars the plural of?
Ars is the plural of ar.
What part of speech is ars?
Ars is a noun.
What is the plural of ars?
The plural of ars is arsim.

Words near ars in the dictionary

  1. arrythmogenicity
  2. arrythymogenic
  3. arré
  4. arrêt
  5. arrêts
  6. ars
  7. ars antiqua
  8. ars gratia artis
  9. ars nova
  10. ARSA
  11. ARSA deficiencies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ars (page history and authors); ARS (page history and authors); ARs (page history and authors); Ars (page history and authors); ar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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