var
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
var
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun edit
var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)
- (programming) Abbreviation of variable.
- (statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
- (physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
- (bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar.
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *werja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to bind, hang”) (compare Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to heave, hoist up”), Lithuanian vérti (“to weigh”)).[1]
Verb edit
var (aorist vara, participle varur)
- to hang
- to depend on
- to bring down
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | вар | |
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Abjad | وار |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bār.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).
Pronunciation edit
Predicative edit
var
- Existential copula: there is, there are, there exists, there exist
- Bakının yaxınlığında bir karvansara var.
- There is a caravanserai near Baku.
- ― Düyü var? ― Bəli, var.
- ―Is there any rice? ―Yes, there is.
- Expressing possession: to have
- Üç qardaşım var.
- I have three brothers.
- (literally, “There are three of my brothers”)
- ― Gedim çörək alım? ― Yox, hələ varımızdır.
- ―Shall I go and buy bread? ―No, we still have [some].
Antonyms edit
- yox (“there is no; to not have”)
Derived terms edit
- varlıq (“existence; being”)
References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bār”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
var (feminine vara, masculine plural vars, feminine plural vares)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “var” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chrau edit
Numeral edit
var
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech var, from Proto-Slavic *varъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz, cognate with English aware.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
var
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
- imperative of vare
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch *var, from Old Dutch *far, *fare, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *farh, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz. Related to varken (“pig”), an old diminutive of var. Related to English farrow.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- scab (an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | var | varok |
accusative | vart | varokat |
dative | varnak | varoknak |
instrumental | varral | varokkal |
causal-final | varért | varokért |
translative | varrá | varokká |
terminative | varig | varokig |
essive-formal | varként | varokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | varban | varokban |
superessive | varon | varokon |
adessive | varnál | varoknál |
illative | varba | varokba |
sublative | varra | varokra |
allative | varhoz | varokhoz |
elative | varból | varokból |
delative | varról | varokról |
ablative | vartól | varoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
varé | varoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
varéi | varokéi |
Possessive forms of var | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | varom | varaim, varjaim |
2nd person sing. | varod | varaid, varjaid |
3rd person sing. | vara, varja | varai, varjai |
1st person plural | varunk | varaink, varjaink |
2nd person plural | varotok | varaitok, varjaitok |
3rd person plural | varuk, varjuk | varaik, varjaik |
or less commonly:
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | var | varak |
accusative | vart | varakat |
dative | varnak | varaknak |
instrumental | varral | varakkal |
causal-final | varért | varakért |
translative | varrá | varakká |
terminative | varig | varakig |
essive-formal | varként | varakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | varban | varakban |
superessive | varon | varakon |
adessive | varnál | varaknál |
illative | varba | varakba |
sublative | varra | varakra |
allative | varhoz | varakhoz |
elative | varból | varakból |
delative | varról | varakról |
ablative | vartól | varaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
varé | varaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
varéi | varakéi |
Possessive forms of var | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | varam | varaim |
2nd person sing. | varad | varaid |
3rd person sing. | vara | varai |
1st person plural | varunk | varaink |
2nd person plural | varatok | varaitok |
3rd person plural | varuk | varaik |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- var in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Adjective edit
var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)
Declension edit
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | varari | varari | varara |
accusative | varari | varari | varara |
dative | varari | varari | varara |
genitive | varari | varari | varara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | varari | varari | varari |
accusative | varari | varari | varari |
dative | varari | varari | varari |
genitive | varari | varari | varari |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | varastur | vörust | varast |
accusative | varastan | varasta | varast |
dative | vörustum | varastri | vörustu |
genitive | varasts | varastrar | varasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | varastir | varastar | vörust |
accusative | varasta | varastar | vörust |
dative | vörustum | vörustum | vörustum |
genitive | varastra | varastra | varastra |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | varasti | varasta | varasta |
accusative | varasta | vörustu | varasta |
dative | varasta | vörustu | varasta |
genitive | varasta | vörustu | varasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
accusative | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
dative | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
genitive | vörustu | vörustu | vörustu |
Derived terms edit
- gera vart við sig (“to make oneself known; to show oneself”)
- varlega
- varlegur
- vera var um sig (“to be on one's guard”)
- verða var við (“to be aware of”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
var n (genitive singular vars, nominative plural vör)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
var
- first/third-person singular past indicative of vera (“to be”)
Jamtish edit
Verb edit
var
- inflection of vara:
Latvian edit
Verb edit
var
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of varēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of varēt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of varēt
Laz edit
Postposition edit
var
- Latin spelling of ვარ (var)
Adverb edit
var
- Latin spelling of ვარ (var)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
- simple past of være
- imperative of vare
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse var, from Proto-Germanic *was. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Akin to English wary.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
var (neuter vart, definite singular and plural vare, comparative varare, indefinite superlative varast, definite superlative varaste)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse ver, from verja. Doublet of vær.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)
- a sheath or covering
- Har du dratt var på putene endå? ― Have you put the pillows in pillowcases yet?
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Uncertain, but may be related to verk.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)
Etymology 5 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
var
- present of va
- imperative of vara
References edit
- “var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vřieti or vařiti.
Noun edit
var m inan
- batch (a quantity of anything brewed at one operation)
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | var | vary | vaři, varové |
genitive | vara, varu | varú | varóv |
dative | varu | varoma | varóm |
accusative | var | vary | vary |
vocative | vaře | vary | vaři, varové |
locative | vařě, varu | varú | vařiech |
instrumental | varem | varoma | vary |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Czech: var
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | var | vary | vaři, varové |
genitive | vara, varu | varú | varóv |
dative | varu | varoma | varóm |
accusative | var | vary | vary |
vocative | vaře | vary | vaři, varové |
locative | vařě, varu | varú | vařiech |
instrumental | varem | varoma | vary |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “var”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛊ (was) from Proto-Germanic *was, first- and third-person past singular indicative of *wesaną.
Verb edit
var
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: var
- Faroese: var
- Norwegian:
- Jamtish: var
- Elfdalian: war
- Old Swedish: var, war
- Swedish: var
- Danish: var
- Old Gutnish: war
References edit
- “var”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrieť or variť.
Noun edit
var m
- batch (a quantity of anything brewed at one operation)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Slovak: var
Further reading edit
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “var”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Old Swedish edit
Verb edit
var
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Church Slavonic варъ (varŭ), from Proto-Slavic *varъ.
Noun edit
var n (plural varuri)
- lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)
Declension edit
Salar edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Turkish var. Doublet of bar (“rich”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): [vɑɹ], [vɑr]
- (Hanbahe, Daowei, Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [vɑːɹ], [vɑːr]
- (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [bɑːr], [pɑː], [pɑr]
Noun edit
var
References edit
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “var”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 300, 433, 437, 540, 541
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “var”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 292
- 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “bɑr”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][3], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 135
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “var”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 135
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “var”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[4], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 175
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vȃr m or f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | var |
genitive | vari |
dative | vari |
accusative | var |
vocative | vari |
locative | vari |
instrumental | vari/varju |
References edit
- “var” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Noun edit
var m
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrieť or variť.
Noun edit
var m
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Particle edit
var
- Alternative form of vari
Further reading edit
- “var”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).
Noun edit
vȃr m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrẹ́ti or varíti.
Noun edit
vȃr m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 4 edit
Derived from Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, “entrenchment”), Middle Persian wl (war, “castle”).
Noun edit
var m inan
Declension edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
“var”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.
Adverb edit
var (not comparable)
- where; at which place
- Synonym: (informal, nonstandard) vart
- Var är mina nycklar? ― Where are my keys?
- Var var jag? ― Where was I?
Related terms edit
Conjunction edit
var
- where; the situation in which
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse hverr (paradigm merged with a descendant of *hwaz and a descendant of Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“who (of many)”). A cognate to Icelandic hver.
Determiner edit
var (neuter vart)
- (dated) every
- Var dag är en sällsam gåva ― Every day is a peculiar gift
- c. 1847, Carl August Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's As You Like It (c. 1599), act 3, scene 2
- Att för hvart öga som i skogen ser / Det må ett vittne till min dyrkan blifva.
- That every eye which in this forest looks / Shall see thy virtue witness'd every where.
- Synonym: varje
- each; per person/thing involved
- Vi fick två bananer var ― We got two bananas each
Derived terms edit
- lite varstans
- var för sig (“separately”)
- var och en (“one and all”)
- vardag (“weekday”)
- varsågod
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
var n or c
- (uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n
- pillowcase n
- various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c
Declension edit
Declension of var | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | var | varet | var | varen |
Genitive | vars | varets | vars | varens |
Declension of var 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | var | varen | varar | vararna |
Genitive | vars | varens | varars | vararnas |
Related terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was), from Proto-Germanic *was.
Verb edit
var
- past indicative of vara: was, were
- imperative of vara
References edit
- var in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- var in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- var in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tat edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian w’t (wād, “wind”), from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”).
Noun edit
var
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ottoman Turkish وار (var), from Proto-Turkic *bār. Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).
Adjective edit
var (not comparable)
- there is, there are (not a verb)
- İstanbul'da bir kervansaray var.
- There is a caravanserai in Istanbul.
- (literally, “A caravanserai exists in Istanbul.”)
- it exists
- Expressing possession, equivalent of have.
Usage notes edit
• As an adjective, var is only used predicatively.
• In the phrases “var olmak” and “var etmek”, the word is pronounced with a long vowel (va:r).
Antonyms edit
- yok (there isn't, not have)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
var
Yola edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English far, from Old English feorr.
Adjective edit
var (comparative valler)
- far
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:
- Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.
- Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.
Adverb edit
var
- far
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:
- An neeat wooden trenshoorès var whiter than snow.
- And neat wooden trenchers far whiter than snow.
Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
var
- Alternative form of vor
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 39:
- Var faade?
- For what?
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
- Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;
- Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 14-15:
- till ee zin o'oure daies be var aye be ee-go t'glade.
- until the sun of our lives (be for ever) be gone down the dark valley (of death).
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 74