varna

From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to choose, select”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːnə/, /ˈvɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nə

varna (plural varnas)

1. (Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes

• varnashrama

• Brahmin
• Kshatriya
• Vaishya
• Shudra
• savarna, avarna
• Dalit

• Wikipedia article on Varna
• Wikipedia article on varnas in Hinduism

• Credo, Quia Occidentale
• Welzer, Albrecht. 1994. Credo, Quia Occidentale: A Note on Sanskrit varna and its Misinterpretation in Literature on Mamamsa and Vyakarana. In: Studies in Mamamsa: Dr Mandan Mishra Felicitation Volume edited by R.C. Dwivedi. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

• Arnav, Narva, Navar, Vrana, navar, varan

• várna (obsolete)

From vařit +‎ -na.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarna]

varna f

1. boilery, boiling house

• “varna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “varna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “varna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

varna

1. indefinite genitive plural of vörn

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.^[1] Cognate with Latvian vãrna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvarnɐ/

várna f (plural várnos) stress pattern 1^[2]

1. crow (Corvus cornix)

   várna krañkia/rė̃kia^[2] ― a crow caws/cries

(nouns):

• (diminutive) varnelė
• juodvarnis m

• (noun) varnas m

• kovas

• “varna” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

From Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warnōną.

varna

1. to be careful
2. to preserve, to protect
3. to warn

• Swedish: varna

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”).

• Hyphenation: var‧na

varna f (plural varnas)

1. (Hinduism, rare) varna, the four original castes of traditional Hindu society.

   Synonym: casta

• savarna
• brâmane
• xátria
• vaixá
• xudra

• avarna
• dálita

• IPA^(key): /ʋàːrna/

várna

1. inflection of várən:
   1. masculine nominative/accusative dual
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. neuter nominative/accusative plural

From Old Swedish varna, from Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warnōną.

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varna (present varnar, preterite varnade, supine varnat, imperative varna)

1. to warn; to issue a warning

• varning

• varan