var

Symbol

var

1. (physics, electrics) Alternative form of VAR

Noun

var (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.

Anagrams

• ARV

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *werja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯er- '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)

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

References

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺‎ (bar), from Proto-Turkic *bār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑr/

Predicative

var

1. Existential copula corresponding there is, there are

   Bakının yaxınlığında bir karavansaray var.

   There is a caravanserai near Baku.

2. it exists

   ― Düyü var? ― Bəli, var.

   ― Is there any rice? ― Yes, there is.

3. Expressing possession, equivalent of have.

   Üç qardaşım var

   I have three brothers (lit. There are three my brothers)

   ― Gedim çörək alım? ― Yox, hələ varımızdır

   ― Shall I go and buy bread? ― No, we still do have [it].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /var/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

var m

1. boiling

Further reading

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

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr.

Etymology 2

See være.

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz. Related to Dutch varken (“pig”), an old diminutive of var. Related to English farrow.

Pronunciation

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Noun

var m (plural varren, diminutive varretje n)

1. male pig; boar

Pronunciation

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

Verb

var

1. first-person indicative past of at vera
2. third-person indicative past of at vera

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to the verb varr (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒr]

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Noun

var (plural varak)

1. scab

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).

Verb

var

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of varēt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of varēt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of varēt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of varēt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːɾ/

Verb

var

1. simple past of være
2. imperative of vare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːr/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse varr. Akin to English wary.

Etymology 2

References

• “var” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

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

Verb

var

1. first- and third-person singular indicative past tense of vera

References

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

Etymology

From a Slavic language, Common Slavic varŭ.

Noun

var n (plural varuri)

1. lime (calcium oxide, quicklime)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâːr/

Noun

vȃr m, f (Cyrillic spelling ва̑р)

1. (uncountable) heat

References

• “var” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑːɾ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

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

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.

Etymology 3

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰉𐰺‎ (bar), from Proto-Turkic *bār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑɾ/

Determiner

var

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

   İstanbul'da bir kervansaray var.

   There is a caravanserai in Istanbul.

   (Time)

   Yediye yirmi beş var.

   It's twenty-five to seven. (6:35; lit. 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. (lit. There are my two aunts and my uncle.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːr/, /væːr/

  Rhymes: -áːr

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

Inflected form of vera (“to be”).