var

var

1. (physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)

1. (programming) Abbreviation of variable.
2. (statistics) Abbreviation of variance.
3. (physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
4. (bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar.

• varmeter

• ARV, rav

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]

var (aorist vara, participle varur)

1. to hang
2. to depend on
3. to bring down

From Proto-Turkic *bār.[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).

• IPA^(key): /vɑr/

var

1. 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.

2. 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].

• yox (“there is no; to not have”)

Borrowed from Latin vārus.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈvar]

var (feminine vara, masculine plural vars, feminine plural vares)

1. varous

• vara

• “var” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

var

1. two

Inherited from Old Czech var, from Proto-Slavic *varъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvar]
• Hyphenation: var
• Rhymes: -ar

var m inan

1. boiling

• var in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• var in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• var in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz, cognate with English aware.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑˀ]

var

1. Only used in blive var (“become aware”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑ]

var

1. past of være

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑːˀ]

var

1. imperative of vare

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.

• IPA^(key): /vɑr/

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var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)

1. male pig; boar

   Synonym: beer

• IPA^(key): /vɛaːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹ
• Homophones: varð, vær

var

1. first/third-person indicative past of vera

   Eg var ógvuliga bangin. ― I was terribly afraid.

   Hann var ein góður maður. ― He was a good man.

   Hon var borin í heim í 1913. ― She was born 1913.

   Tað var stuttligt. ― It was funny.

   Var tað ikki hon? ― Wasn't it her?

Uncertain, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒr]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɒr

var (plural varok or varak)

1. scab (an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing)

or less commonly:

• 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

• IPA^(key): /vaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz.

var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)

1. cautious, aware

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

var n (genitive singular vars, nominative plural vör)

1. lee, shelter

   Synonym: skjól

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

var

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of vera (“to be”)

var

1. inflection of vara:
   1. past indicative
   2. imperative second-person singular

var

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of varēt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of varēt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of varēt

var

1. Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

var

1. Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːɾ/

var

1. simple past of være
2. imperative of vare

• (of adjective, yet to be added) varsom
• (of noun) putevar

From Old Norse var, from Proto-Germanic *was. Ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂wes-.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑː(r)/

var

1. past tense of vera (“to be”)

From Old Norse varr, from Proto-Germanic *waraz. Akin to English wary.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

var (neuter vart, definite singular and plural vare, comparative varare, indefinite superlative varast, definite superlative varaste)

1. wary, careful
2. nervous, timid
3. sensitive

   Eg er var for høge lydar. ― I am sensitive to loud noises.

• føre var

From Old Norse ver, from verja. Doublet of vær.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)

1. a sheath or covering

   Har du dratt var på putene endå? ― Have you put the pillows in pillowcases yet?

• putevar

Uncertain, but may be related to verk.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

var n (definite singular varet, indefinite plural var, definite plural vara)

1. (dried) slime, puss, pain

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

var

1. present of va
2. imperative of vara

• “var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• arv, rav

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋar/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvar/

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vřieti or vařiti.

var m inan

1. batch (a quantity of anything brewed at one operation)

• Czech: var

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).

var m inan

1. heat
2. sunstroke

• 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

From earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛊ (was) from Proto-Germanic *was, first- and third-person past singular indicative of *wesaną.

var

1. first/third-person singular indicative past of vera

• Icelandic: var
• Faroese: var
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: var
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: var
• Jamtish: var
• Elfdalian: war
• Old Swedish: var, war
  • Swedish: var
• Danish: var
• Old Gutnish: war

• “var”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrieť or variť.

var m

1. batch (a quantity of anything brewed at one operation)

• Slovak: var

• 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

var

1. first/third-person singular indicative past of vara

From Old Church Slavonic варъ (varŭ), from Proto-Slavic *varъ.

var n (plural varuri)

1. lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)

Cognate with Turkish var. Doublet of bar (“rich”).

• (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]

var

1. there is

• 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]‎, 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, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 175

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːr/

vȃr m or f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)

1. (uncountable) heat

• “var” in Hrvatski jezični portal

• IPA^(key): [var]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).

var m

1. heat

   Synonyms: horúčava, horúčosť, páľava

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrieť or variť.

var m

1. brewing

var

1. Alternative form of vari

• “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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“heat”).

vȃr m inan

1. soldering, welding
2. solder
3. fine sand, which the smith needs to sprinkle the iron with, when he welds

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vȃrъ (“boiling; boiling liquid”). By surface analysis, deverbal from vrẹ́ti or varíti.

vȃr m inan

1. broth, stock, brew

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from English var.

var m inan

1. (physics) var

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived from Iranian. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, “entrenchment”), Middle Persian wl (war, “castle”).

var m inan

1. fortress

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

“var”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• hvar (obsolete since 1906)
• hwar (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /vɑːr/, [vɒ̜ːr]

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

var (not comparable)

1. where; at which place

   Synonym: (informal, nonstandard) vart

   Var är mina nycklar? ― Where are my keys?

   Var var jag? ― Where was I?

var

1. where; the situation in which

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.

var (neuter vart)

1. (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

2. each; per person/thing involved

   Vi fick två bananer var ― We got two bananas each

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

var n or c

1. (uncountable) pus; a mixture of dead bacteria and white blood cells, occurring in areas of infections n
2. pillowcase n
3. various species of flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae, such as megrim, whiff, butt, turbot c

From Old Norse var, from earlier vas, from Proto-Norse ᚹᚨᛋ (was), from Proto-Germanic *was.

var

1. past indicative of vara: was, were
2. imperative of vara

• var in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• var in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• var in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• arv

From Middle Persian w’t (wād, “wind”), from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”).

var

1. wind

• IPA^(key): /vɑɾ/

From Ottoman Turkish وار (var), from Proto-Turkic *bār. Compare Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺 (bar).

var (not comparable)

1. there is, there are (not a verb)

   İstanbul'da bir kervansaray var.

   There is a caravanserai in Istanbul.

   (literally, “A caravanserai exists in Istanbul.”)

   Yediye yirmi beş var.

   It's twenty-five to seven.

   (literally, “There are twenty-five [minutes] to seven.”)

2. it exists

   Pirinç var mı? — Evet, var.

   Is there any rice? — Yes, there is.

3. Expressing possession, equivalent of have.

   İki teyzem ve bir dayım var.

   I have two aunts and an uncle.

   (literally, “My two aunts and my uncle exist.”)

• 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).

• yok (there isn't, not have)

var

1. second-person singular imperative of varmak

• IPA^(key): /vɔː/

From Middle English far, from Old English feorr.

var (comparative valler)

1. 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.

var

1. 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.

var

1. 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).

• 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