zavar

Probably a derivation from an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -r (obsolete noun and verb-forming suffix). For the parallel noun-verb derivation, compare csavar, fodor.^[1]

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• Hyphenation: za‧var
• Rhymes: -ɒr

zavar (plural zavarok)

2. confusion, disorder, muddle, chaos

   Synonyms: zűrzavar, kavarodás, káosz, kuszaság, összevisszaság, rendetlenség

3. malfunction, disturbance, hitch, fault

   Synonyms: hiba, meghibásodás, rendellenesség, fennakadás

4. (medicine) dysfunction, disorder, trouble, problem, dys- (as in dyspepsia), in- (as in indigestion), mal- (as in malabsorption)
5. (psychology, with the verbs ejt, esik, hoz, jön, van) embarrassment, being ill at ease, self-consciousness, discomfiture

   zavarban van ― to be embarrassed

6. (telecommunications) interference

zavar

2. (transitive) to bother, trouble, molest

   Synonyms: zaklat, nyaggat, háborgat

3. (transitive) to disturb (to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow)

   Synonym: idegesít

4. (transitive) to chase, to drive

   Synonym: kerget

The subject of certain verbs is not someone who acts but a stimulus that prompts sensory or emotional feelings, like when things interest someone, matter to someone, please someone or appeal to someone. In these cases, the experiencer can take the accusative (e.g. interest) or the dative (e.g. appeal). The experiencer is expressed with the dative in the case of hiányzik (“to be missing or missed by someone”), ízlik (“to taste good”), kell (“to be needed, necessary, or required”), tetszik (“to be appealing”), and van/megvan (“to be had, to be owned by someone”).
If the experiencer is expressed with the accusative, third-person objects (him, her, it, or them) are considered definite, while first- and second-person objects (me, us, and you), indefinite. For example, the verb érdekel can take the definite form érdekli őt (“he/she is interested”, literally “it interests him/her”) or the indefinite form érdekel engem/​téged/​minket (“I am, you are, we are interested”, literally “it interests me, you, us”). The form érdekellek means “you are interested in me” (literally, “I interest you”). — Similar verbs include zavar (“to be bothered by”) and izgat (“to be intrigued by”).^[2]

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• (to bother, disturb): zavar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (confusion): zavar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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• Hyphenation: za‧var

Borrowed from Armenian ձավար (javar).

zavar (definite accusative zavarı, plural zavarlar)

1. (dialectal) coarsely ground bulgur
2. (dialectal) ground grain for animal feeding
3. (dialectal) bunkum

• zaval, zavır, zevar, zavara

• → Armenian: զավառ (zavaṙ) (Sivas)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձաւար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 148
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 93–94
• “zavar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Compare Turkish zağar.

zavar (definite accusative zavarı, plural zavarlar)

1. greyhound

• “zavar”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982