վար

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian վար (var).

Noun

վար (var)

  1. the act of ploughing
    վար անելvar anelto plough
    վար ու բարvar u barabundance, plenty
    վար ու ցանքvar u cʻankʻthe act of ploughing and sowing
  2. ploughed area, land
    վարը վարելvarə varelto plough the land
Declension

Etymology 2

Dialectal development of Old Armenian վայր (vayr).

Adverb

վար (var) (dialectal)

  1. down
    Synonym: ներքև (nerkʻew)
    վար իջնելvar iǰnelto come down, to go down
    վար բերելvar berelto lower, to bring down
    վար գալvar galto come down
    վար անցնելvar ancʻnelto feel extreme shame or embarrassment
    վար առնելvar aṙnelto lower, bring down; to topple, to overthrow
    վար դնելvar dnelto put down
    վար ընկնելvar ənknelto fall down
    ի վարi vardown, downward

Noun

վար (var) (dialectal)

  1. bottom, lower part
    վարի տալvari talto ruin; to waste; to destroy
Declension

Postposition

վար (var) (+ ablative case) (dialectal)

  1. under, beneath, below
    մեջքից վարmeǰkʻicʻ varbelow the back
  2. (Western Armenian) less than
    հազարեն վարhazaren varless than one thousand

Adjective

վար (var) (superlative ամենավար) (dialectal)

  1. low, lower
  2. (figuratively) low-quality, cheap
    վար գինիvar ginilow-quality wine
Declension

Further reading

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “վար”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “վար”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • վար”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980