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Out of all sentence ending particles, I cannot really pinpoint what や means. I
don't meet it often (or maybe I don't have enough experience or exposure) and
in situations which don't really explain themselves. Also, is it a real
particle anyway?

Some examples I recently found (from books):

> 「くつろいでくれや」
>
> 「それが実はアイロンではないからや」

I hope those examples make sense without the context. I know that those kind
of particles are hard to explain but any explanation is welcome.
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What does the sentence ending particle や mean?
We are actually discussing TWO different kinds of 「や」 here, which is probably
why you seem more confused than you should be.

In 「くつろいでくれ **や** 」, the 「や」 is a colloquial (and almost exclusively
masculine) sentence-ending particle for 1) imperative, 2) invitation and 3)
request. You are saying "(Please) make yourself at home."

Note that it attaches directly to the imperative form of a verb (「くれ」 in this
case).

In 「それが実{じつ}はアイロンではないから **や** 」, the 「や」 is a dialectal (and gender-neutral)
sentence-ender mostly for Kansai. It expresses affirmation and it is the
equivalent of 「だ」 in Standard Japanese. "That is because it really is not an
iron."
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