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/
Verb
ვარ • (var)
- first-person singular present indicative of არის (aris)
Laz
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *wer-.
Postposition
ვარ • (var) (Latin spelling var)
- 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)
- 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, page 51-52
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “var”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Марр, Н. (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], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi