csavar

The verb was derived from an unattested stem + -r (frequentative suffix). The stem is of unknown origin.^[1] It has been proposed to be a borrowing from Oghur (compare Chuvash ҫавӑр (śavăr, “to turn”), ҫаврӑн (śavrăn, “to revolve”), ҫавра (śavra, “round”), Turkish çevirmek (“to turn over”)),^[2][3] although this is considered unlikely.^[1] First attested in c. 1456.^[1]

The noun was created from the verb during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.^[4]

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• Hyphenation: csa‧var
• Rhymes: -ɒr

csavar (plural csavarok)

2. screw, wood screw (fastener)

   Synonym: facsavar

3. bolt (fastener)

   Synonyms: anyás csavar, (less common) fémcsavar

csavar

2. (transitive) to twist, turn
3. (transitive) to screw (to drive a screw into something)

(With verbal prefixes):

• (screw, bolt): csavar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (to twist, to screw): csavar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• csavar in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).