Reference meaning
Jer.
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either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
Other meanings
2. proper noun
Abbreviation of Jeremiah.
3. noun
Clipping of jerfalcon.
4. proper noun
Diminutive of Jeremy.
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