ვარ

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian [Term?], from Proto-Kartvelian *r-, *ar- (“to be”). Similarity with Turkish var is a coincidence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /var/, [vaɾ]

Verb

ვარ • (var)

1. first-person singular present indicative of არის (aris)

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *wer-.

Postposition

ვარ • (var) (Latin spelling var)

1. Postposition that forms adverbial clauses that mean "immediately after doing something", "as soon as you do something".

   მოჶტი ვარ, მოთ იგზალამ?

   mofťi var, mot igzalam?

   Why are you leaving as soon as I come?

   დოსთი-შკიმი, მოხტუ დო ვარ, ქოგომაკკორუ

   dosti-şǩimi, moxťu do var, kogomaǩǩoru

   My friend hugged me as soon as he came.

Adverb

ვარ • (var) (Latin spelling var)

1. no, not

Derived terms

• ვანა (vana)
• ჲევანა (yevana)
• ვანათინა (vanatina)

 

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 790
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*wer-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 51-52
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “var”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “ვარ”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 143a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ვარ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi