var

See also: Appendix:Variations of "var"

Translingual

Symbol

var

(physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

var (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.

Derived terms

varmeter

Anagrams

ARV, rav

Albanian

Etymology

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

var (first-person singular past tense vara, participle varur)

I hang
I depend on
I bring down

Derived terms

varg
varesë

Related terms

vjerr, zverk

References

Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		вар
Perso-Arabic		وار‎

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɑr/

Predicative

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

yox (“there is no; to not have”)

Derived terms

varlıq (“existence; being”)

References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bār”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vārus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvar/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbar/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɾ/

Adjective

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

varous

Related terms

vara

Chrau

Numeral

var

two

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

var m inan

boiling

Declension

Declension of var

	singular	plural
nominative	var	vary
genitive	varu	varů
dative	varu	varům
accusative	var	vary
vocative	vare	vary
locative	varu	varech
instrumental	varem	vary

Derived terms

bod varu

Related terms

vařit
vřít
varna
varný

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑˀ]

Adjective

var

only in the expression: blive var: become aware

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑ]

Verb

var

past tense of være

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʋɑːˀ]

Verb

var

imperative of vare

Dutch

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /vɑr/
Audio (file)

Noun

var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)

male pig; boar

Synonyms

(male pig): beer

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

var

first/third-person indicative past of at vera

Usage notes

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?

Conjugation

Conjugation of vera (irregular)
infinitive	vera
supine	verið
participle	verandi	-
	present	past
first singular	eri	var
second singular	ert	vart
third singular	er	var
plural	eru	vóru
	imperative
singular	ver!
plural	verið!

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɒr]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɒr

Noun

var (plural varok or varak)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	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
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)
	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
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

varacs (dialectal varacsk) → varacskos, varangy
varas

Compound words

ótvar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vaːr/
Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

var (comparative varari, superlative varastur)

cautious, aware

Declension

positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	var	vör	vart
accusative	varan	vara	vart
dative	vörum	varri	vöru
genitive	vars	varrar	vars
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	varir	varar	vör
accusative	vara	varar	vör
dative	vörum	vörum	vörum
genitive	varra	varra	varra

positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vari	vara	vara
accusative	vara	vöru	vara
dative	vara	vöru	vara
genitive	vara	vöru	vara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vöru	vöru	vöru
accusative	vöru	vöru	vöru
dative	vöru	vöru	vöru
genitive	vöru	vöru	vöru

comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
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

superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
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

superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
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

varlega
varlegur
gera vart við sig ("to make oneself known; to show oneself")
vera var um sig ("to be on one's guard")
verða var við ("to be aware of")

Noun

var n (genitive singular vars, nominative plural vör)

lee, shelter

Declension

declension of var

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	var	varið	vör	vörin
accusative	var	varið	vör	vörin
dative	vari	varinu	vörum	vörunum
genitive	vars	varsins	vara	varanna

Synonyms

(shelter): skjól

Etymology 3

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).

Verb

var

first/third-person singular past indicative of vera

Jamtish

Verb

var

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

Latvian

Verb

var

3rd person singular present indicative form of varēt
3rd person plural present indicative form of varēt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of varēt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of varēt

Laz

Postposition

var

Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

Adverb

var

Latin spelling of ვარ (var)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑːɾ/

Verb

var

simple past of være
imperative of vare

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑː(r)/

Verb

var

past tense of vera (“to be”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

Adjective

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

wary, careful
nervous, timid
sensitive
Eg er var for høge lydar.
I am sensitive to loud noises.

Derived terms

føre var

Etymology 3

From Old Norse ver from verja. Doublet of vær.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

Noun

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

putevar

Etymology 4

Uncertain, but may be related to verk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

Noun

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

(dried) slime, puss, pain

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/

Verb

var

present of va
imperative of vara

References

“var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

arv, rav

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

var

first/third-person singular indicative past of vera

Descendants

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

var n (plural varuri)

lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)

Declension

Declension of var

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) var	varul	(niște) varuri	varurile
genitive/dative	(unui) var	varului	(unor) varuri	varurilor
vocative	varule		varurilor

Salar

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(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

var

there is

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “var”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 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 17467570, 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

Etymology 2

Cognate with Turkish varmak.

Pronunciation

(Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Chahandusi, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [vɑː]
(Jiezi, Gaizi, Qingshui, Baizhuang, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [vɑɹ], [vɑr]
(Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [vɑːɹ], [vɑːr]
(Mengda, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [pɑɹ], [pɑr], [bar]

Verb

var

to go

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “var”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 300, 433, 437, 539, 540, 541
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “var”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 175

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *varъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wōrh₁os.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋâːr/

Noun

vȃr m or f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)

(uncountable) heat

Declension

masculine declension

	singular
nominative	var
genitive	vara
dative	varu
accusative	var
vocative	varu
locative	varu
instrumental	varom

feminine declension

	singular
nominative	var
genitive	vari
dative	vari
accusative	var
vocative	vari
locative	vari
instrumental	vari/varju

References

“var” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Alternative forms

hvar (obsolete since 1906)
hwar (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɑːr/, [vɒ̜ːr]
audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

var (not comparable)

where; at which place
Var är mina nycklar?
Where are my keys?
Var var jag?
Where was I?

Related terms

vart
varifrån

Conjunction

var

where; the situation in which

Etymology 2

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

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

lite varstans
vardag (“weekday”)
var för sig (“separately”)
var och en (“one and all”)
varsågod

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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

Declension of var
	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

bergsvar
glasvar
havsvar
kuddvar
piggvar
slätvar
varböld

Etymology 4

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

Verb

var

past tense of vara.: was, were
imperative of vara.

Anagrams

arv

Tat

Etymology

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

Noun

var

wind

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɑɾ/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

var (not comparable)

there is, there are (not a verb)
İstanbul'da bir kervansarayvar.
There is a caravanserai in Istanbul. (lit. A caravanserai exists in Istanbul.)
(Time)
Yediye yirmi beşvar.
It's twenty-five to seven. (6:35; lit. There are twenty-five [minutes] to seven.)
it exists
Pirinç var mı? — Evet, var.
Is there any rice? — Yes, there is.
Expressing possession, equivalent of have.
İki teyzem ve bir dayım var.
I have two aunts and an uncle. (lit. My two aunts and my uncle exist.)

Usage notes

• As an adjective, var is only used predicatively.

• In the phrase “var olmak”, the word is pronounced with a long vowel (va:r).

Antonyms

yok (there isn't, not have)

Verb

var

second-person singular imperative of varmak

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vaːr/, /væːr/
Rhymes: -áːr

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

var

cautious, aware
bätter fyri var än ätter snar
better safe than sorry

Noun

var m

cover, refuge
häran tag varn å mänisja
the hare takes refuge from people

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vǫrr, from Proto-Germanic *warzuz.

Noun

var m

a line in the water made by the movement of a swimming bird or fish
(figuratively, of people)
hä garn var bodhta om
There is a fuss around him

Derived terms

varäs (“streaks appear in the water”)

Etymology 4

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).

Verb

var

singular past indicative of vera

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English far, from Old English feorr.

Adjective

var

far

Adverb

var

far

Preposition

var

Alternative form of vor
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Var faade?
  For what?

References

Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 39 & 74

[1] Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 423

[2] Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*bār”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

var

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Verb

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Predicative

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

Further reading

Chrau

Numeral

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Faroese

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Verb

Jamtish

Verb

Latvian

Verb