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ur

US/ɝ/

ur interjection: expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um. Also the abbreviation of your.

Interjection

  1. Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ur

Ur

  1. An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ur

Ur

  1. A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

Noun capitalized: UR

UR (plural URs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of underlying representation.

Also used as

ur is also the abbreviation of your.

ur is also the abbreviation of you're.

ur meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

ur in Hindi

यूआर

ur in Tamil

உர்

ur in Bengali

ইউআর

ur in Telugu

యుర్
More languagesFewer languages
ur in Malayalam
ഉർ
ur in Punjabi
ਯੂ. ਆਰ
ur in Gujarati
યુઆર
ur in Nepali
युआर, यूआर

Forms of ur

pluralURs

Origin of ur

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).

Words formed from ur

Phrases with ur

Words that rhyme with ur

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Questions about ur

What does ur mean?
Ur means expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.
What is ur in Hindi?
Ur in Hindi is यूआर. See Ur meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ur?
Ur can be an interjection, a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce ur?
Ur is pronounced /ɝ/ (US).

Words near ur in the dictionary

  1. uqamairineq
  2. Uqaylid
  3. Uqaylids
  4. Uqturpan
  5. Uquian
  6. ur
  7. Ur continent
  8. Ur continents
  9. ur mom
  10. ur mum
  11. ur-

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ur (page history and authors); Ur (page history and authors); UR (page history and authors); ur (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ur (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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