# zavar
## Hungarian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzɒvɒr]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: za‧var
* Rhymes: -ɒr

### Noun

zavar (plural zavarok)
* confusion, disorder, muddle, chaos
    Synonyms: zűrzavar, kavarodás, káosz, kuszaság, összevisszaság, rendetlenség
* malfunction, disturbance, hitch, fault
    Synonyms: hiba, meghibásodás, rendellenesség, fennakadás
* (medicine) dysfunction, disorder, trouble, problem, dys- (as in dyspepsia), in- (as in indigestion), mal- (as in malabsorption)
* (psychology, with the verbs ejt, esik, hoz, jön, van) embarrassment, being ill at ease, self-consciousness, discomfiture
    zavarban van ― to be embarrassed
* (telecommunications) interference

#### Derived terms

* zavaros
* zavartalan
* alvászavar
* beszédzavar
* elmezavar
* értelemzavar
* érzékzavar
* fejlődészavar
* fogalomzavar
* hangulatzavar
* hangzavar
* időzavar
* képzavar
* magatartászavar
* mozgászavar
* nyelvzavar
* pánikzavar
* személyiségzavar
* üzemzavar
* viselkedészavar
* zavarkeltés
* zavarkeltő
* zavarmentes
* zűrzavar
* a bőség zavara
* bipoláris zavar
* konverziós zavar
* obszesszív-kompulzív zavar
* szkizoaffektív zavar
* szkizofreniform zavar
* zavarba ejt
* zavarba esik
* zavarba hoz
* zavarba jön
* zavarban van

### Verb

zavar
* (transitive) to bother, trouble, molest
    Synonyms: zaklat, nyaggat, háborgat
* (transitive) to disturb (to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow)
    Synonym: idegesít
* (transitive) to chase, to drive
    Synonym: kerget

#### Usage notes

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”).

#### Derived terms

* zavarodik
* zavarog
* zavart
(With verbal prefixes):
* bezavar
* belezavar
* elzavar
* felzavar
* kizavar
* lezavar
* megzavar
* összezavar
* szétzavar
* visszazavar
* ne zavartassa magát (from zavartatja magát, from zavartat)

### References

* ↑ zavar in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ See also Verbs and adjectives that behave differently (in English vs. in Hungarian), Által (’By’), on the past participles derived from such verbs, On verbs of emotion, with special regard to their aspectual properties, especially the chart on page 3. In addition, see Thematic relation and Theta role in Wikipedia.

### Further reading

* (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

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [zɑˈvɑɾ]
* Hyphenation: za‧var

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Armenian ձավար (javar).

#### Noun

zavar (definite accusative zavarı, plural zavarlar)
* (dialectal) coarsely ground bulgur
* (dialectal) ground grain for animal feeding
* (dialectal) bunkum

##### Alternative forms

* zaval, zavır, zevar, zavara

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: զավառ (zavaṙ) (Sivas)

##### References

* 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

### Etymology 2

Compare Turkish zağar.

#### Noun

zavar (definite accusative zavarı, plural zavarlar)
* greyhound

##### References

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