ह्वार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

হ্বাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬳ᭄ᬯᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
হ্বার (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ဟွာရ (Burmese script)
હ્વાર (Gujarati script)
ਹ੍ਵਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦲ꧀ꦮꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂹𑂫𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಹ್ವಾರ (Kannada script)
ហ្វារ (Khmer script)
ຫ຺ວາຣ (Lao script)
ഹ്വാര (Malayalam script)
ᡥᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠾᢦ᠎ᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ହ୍ଵାର (Odia script)
ꢲ꣄ꢮꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
හ‍්වාර (Sinhalese script)
𑪂 𑪙𑩾𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
ஹ்வார (Tamil script)
హ్వార (Telugu script)
หฺวาร (Thai script)
ཧྭཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑩇𑨭𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ह्वृ (hvṛ, “to deviate; be crooked or curved”); compare ह्वार्य (hvāryá).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦʋɑː.ɾɐ́/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦʋɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

ह्वार • (hvārá) stem, m

snake, serpent
Synonyms: सर्प (sarpa), भुजंग (bhujaṃga), नाग (nāga), फणिन् (phaṇin), अनिलाशन (anilāśana); see also Thesaurus:सर्प
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.180.3:
  यु॒वं पय॑ उ॒स्रिया॑यामधत्तं प॒क्वमा॒माया॒मव॒ पूर्व्यं॒ गोः ।
  अ॒न्तर्यद्व॒निनो॑ वामृतप्सू ह्वा॒रो न शुचि॒र्यज॑ते ह॒विष्मा॑न् ॥
  yuvám páya usríyāyāmadhattaṃ pakvámāmā́yāmáva pū́rvyaṃ góḥ .
  antáryádvaníno vāmṛtapsū hvāró ná śúciryájate havíṣmān .
  You have deposited, matured within her, in the raw cow the first milk of the milch-cow,
  Which the bright offerer, shining like a serpent mid trees, presents to you whose form is perfect.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ह्वार (hvārá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ह्वारः hvāráḥ	ह्वारौ / ह्वारा¹ hvāraú / hvārā́¹	ह्वाराः / ह्वारासः¹ hvārā́ḥ / hvārā́saḥ¹
Vocative	ह्वार hvā́ra	ह्वारौ / ह्वारा¹ hvā́rau / hvā́rā¹	ह्वाराः / ह्वारासः¹ hvā́rāḥ / hvā́rāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ह्वारम् hvārám	ह्वारौ / ह्वारा¹ hvāraú / hvārā́¹	ह्वारान् hvārā́n
Instrumental	ह्वारेण hvāréṇa	ह्वाराभ्याम् hvārā́bhyām	ह्वारैः / ह्वारेभिः¹ hvāraíḥ / hvārébhiḥ¹
Dative	ह्वाराय hvārā́ya	ह्वाराभ्याम् hvārā́bhyām	ह्वारेभ्यः hvārébhyaḥ
Ablative	ह्वारात् hvārā́t	ह्वाराभ्याम् hvārā́bhyām	ह्वारेभ्यः hvārébhyaḥ
Genitive	ह्वारस्य hvārásya	ह्वारयोः hvāráyoḥ	ह्वाराणाम् hvārā́ṇām
Locative	ह्वारे hvāré	ह्वारयोः hvāráyoḥ	ह्वारेषु hvāréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “ह्वार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1308, column 2.

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