वार्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वारि (vāri)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬃ (Balinese script)
• বার্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါရ် (Burmese script)
• વાર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾರ್ (Kannada script)
• វារ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວາຣ຺ (Lao script)
• വാര് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵାର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වාර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• வார் (Tamil script)
• వార్ (Telugu script)
• วารฺ (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- ~ *h₂wer-. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭 (vār), Persian باران (bârân, “rain”), Latin ūrīna, ūrīnārī, Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron), Old English ūrig (“moist”), Old Prussian wurs (“pool”), perhaps Old Armenian գայռ (gayṙ, “mud”) and Proto-Slavic *varъ.

Noun

वार् • (vā́r) stem, n

1. water
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.4:

     अश्वो॒ वोळ्हा॑ सु॒खं रथं॑ हस॒नामु॑पम॒न्त्रिण॑:।
     शेपो॒ रोम॑ण्वन्तौ भे॒दौ वारिन्म॒ण्डूक॑ इच्छ॒तीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॥

     áśvo vóḷhā sukháṃ ráthaṃ hasanā́mupamantríṇa:.
     śépo rómaṇvantau bhedaú vā́rínmaṇḍū́ka icchatī́ndrāyendo pári srava.

     The draught horse (desire) a cart easy (to draw); those who invite guests (desire) merriment; the frog desires water; flow, Indu, for Indra.

2. stagnant water, a pond, pool

Declension

Neuter root-stem declension of वार् (vār)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाः vāḥ	वारी vārī	वारि vāri
Vocative	वाः vāḥ	वारी vārī	वारि vāri
Accusative	वाः vāḥ	वारी vārī	वारि vāri
Instrumental	वारा vārā	वाभ्याम् vābhyām	वाभिः vābhiḥ
Dative	वारे vāre	वाभ्याम् vābhyām	वाभ्यः vābhyaḥ
Ablative	वारः vāraḥ	वाभ्याम् vābhyām	वाभ्यः vābhyaḥ
Genitive	वारः vāraḥ	वारोः vāroḥ	वाराम् vārām
Locative	वारि vāri	वारोः vāroḥ	वार्षु vārṣu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वार्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 943/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 544-5