وار

وار (vâr)

1. Arabic spelling of vâr (“there is”)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bār.

وار • (var or vār)

1. existential copula; existent, there is

   Antonym: یوق (yoq)

   بر ار وار بونده

   bir är var bunda

   there is a man here

   (literally, “a man is exsistent here”)

وار • (var or vār)

1. all

   Synonym: قمو (qamu)

   آنك وار طونین آلدلر ― anuŋ var donın aldılar ― they took all his clothes

وار • (var or vār) (definite accusative واری (varı or vārı), plural وارلر (varlar or vārlar))

1. everything one owns, possession, wealth
2. every member or part of something

• Azerbaijani: var
• Gagauz: var
• Ottoman Turkish: وار (var)
  • Turkish: var

• “var”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “var”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 703
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “var”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

وار • (var)

1. (with positive verb conjugation) An expression of encouragement for someone to get into action, come on, go ahead

   وار آكه سویله ― var aŋa söylä ― go ahead [and] tell him

2. (with negative verb conjugation) An expression to discourage someone from doing somethng

وار • (var)

1. second-person singular imperative of وارمق (to come, to arrive)

• Ottoman Turkish: وار (var)
  • Turkish: var

• “var”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
• Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “var”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 703

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish وار (var), from Proto-Turkic *bār (“there is”).

وار • (var)

1. existent; there is

• Turkish: var

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1296
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120

وار • (vâr)

1. (rare) flame

• وار زدن (vâr zadan)

• بار (bār) (Malwai)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀭 (vāra), from Sanskrit वार (vāra). Compare Urdu بار (bār).

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

وار • (vār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਰ)

1. time, chance, occasion

   Synonym: دفعہ (dafa'ah)

   پَہلِی وار ― pahlī vār ― First time

• وارِی (vārī)

• “وار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Inherited from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

• IPA^(key): [ʋɑrʊ]

وارُ • (vāru) f (Devanagari वारु)

1. (anatomy) hair

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “وارُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːɾ/

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑁄 (pāḍo), from Sanskrit पात (pāta, “attack”).

وار • (vār) m (Hindi spelling वार)

1. assault, attack

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वार (vā́ra).

وار • (vār) m (Hindi spelling वार)

1. a day of the week
2. occasion, time

• Platts, John T. (1884) “وار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

وار (vār)

1. a period in which animals were attacked
2. stubbornness