Tamil edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

வார் (vār)

  1. (intransitive) to flow, trickle
  2. to spread, overflow
  3. to be long
  4. to be upright
  5. to rise high
  6. to be in order, to be arranged in order
  7. to form milk (as grain)
  8. to peel off
  9. to know
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

வார் (vār)

  1. causative of வார் (vār)
  2. (transitive) to pour
  3. to cast (as metal in a mould)
  4. to prepare cakes from dough
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

வார் (vār)

  1. length
  2. elongation
  3. churning rope
  4. straightness
  5. row
  6. height

Etymology 2 edit

From Sanskrit वार् (vār).

Noun edit

வார் (vār)

  1. water
  2. cloud

Etymology 3 edit

From Sanskrit वर्ध्र (vardhra).

Noun edit

வார் (vār)

  1. strap of leather
  2. skin
  3. bodice

Etymology 4 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

வார் (vār)

  1. bit, piece
  2. smallness

References edit

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “வார்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press