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vara

eine Wasserpflanze

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. ثَر-

var- n. Wasser (RV +; s. AiGr III 245); Mn, ep. + väri- n. dss (zur Genese s. AiGr IN 34, 245; für die ÄS durch VS + varı ti- ‘eine Wasserpflanze’[?] nahegelegt, Liebert 179%) - Mı vära-' - vära- 545 dard., ni., pä. väri-n. Wasser, u.a. (s. TuS. 673b, s.v. var-). - lir., vgl. jav. vära- m. Regen (Kel, NR 370f., mit Lit.), mp. wäran, np. bäran Regen, parth. w’r Regentropfen, paräfi yär, oss. waryn/warun Regen, usw. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. var-, p. 572]

2. ثَرeنَ-

varena- m Wespe (Lex.), varola- m eine Wespen-Art (Lex), varata- m, °tä- f. (Lex), varati- f, eine Wespen-Art (Suär), varala-m one Art Wespe oder Bremse (Lex) -Mı (?),dard, nı, hı. burla m, barr, bar f, bimif “Wespe’ ua (Tu[Add] 11330) - Nicht klar Die Varanten legen eıne FW-Sippe nahe (s KPWA If 148f}; Bur, BSOAS 12 (1948) 393 verband v’ mit ta vanın ‘Biene’ wa (DLD? 473b, Nr 5239 [ohne ındoar Matenal]) — [Mayrhofer, s.v. varena-, p. 492]

3. ثَرَُ-

varau- gcograph Name (modem Buner; vgl S L£vi, JA X* serie 5 (1915) 71fF). Zu Arrans "Aopvoz, baktr owpvo Ortsname (*yarnu-), S-W, New Light on Ancient Afghanistan, The Decipherment of Bactrian (Inaugural Lecture, T.ondon 1997) 16f und Anm 28 — [Mayrhofer, s.v. varau-, p. 492]

4. vār

vār n. (said to be fr. √ 1. vṛ) water, RV. &c. &c. ( n. pl. once in BhP. vāras, as if m. or f. ; vārāṃnidhiḥ, ‘receptacle of waters’, the ocean, Prab. )

5. vār

stagnant water, a pond, RV. iv, 19, 4 ; viii, 98, 8 ; ix, 112, 4

6. vāra

2. vāra m. ( fr. √ 1. vṛ) keeping back, restraining (also mfn. ifc. = difficult to be restrained, TBr. ; cf. durv)

7. vāra

the time fixed or appointed for anything ( accord. to some fr. √ 2. vṛ, to choose), a person's turn, MBh. ; Kāv. &c. (often, esp. with numerals, = times, e.g. varāṃstrīn or varatrayam, three times; bhūribhirvāraiḥ or bhūrivārān or bahuvāram or vāraṃvāram or vāraṃvāreṇa, many times, often, repeatedly)

8. vāra

the turn of a day (under the regency of a planet), a day of the week (they are Āditya -, Soma -, Maṅgala -, Budha -, Guru -, Śukra -, and Śani - vāra ; cf. IW. 178 n. 1 ), Gaṇit. ; Yājñ. , Sch. ; Kāv. &c. ( cf. dina and divasav)

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. var (vol. 2, scan pp. 572-573; entry #4274).

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