# वार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वार (vāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɑːɾ/, [ʋäːɾ]

### Noun

वार • (vār) m (Urdu spelling وار)
* assault, attack
    Synonyms: आक्रमण (ākramaṇ), हमला (hamlā), प्रहार (prahār), धावा (dhāvā), चढ़ाई (caṛhāī)
* a day of the week
* occasion, time
    Synonyms: (more common) बार (bār), दफ़ा (dafā)
    दस वारdas vāron ten occasions, ten times

#### Derived terms

* वार करना (vār karnā)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “वार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋaɾ/

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पात (pāta, “attack”).

#### Noun

वार • (vār) m
* attack
    Synonyms: हल्ला (hallā), प्रहार (prahār)

##### Derived terms

* वार करणे (vār karṇe, “to attack”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

वार • (vār) m
* a day of the week

#### See also

Days of the week in Marathi · आठवड्याचे वार (āṭhvaḍyāce vār) (layout · text) :
| रविवार (ravivār) | सोमवार (somvār) | मंगळवार (maṅgaḷvār) | बुधवार (budhvār) | गुरुवार (guruvār) | शुक्रवार (śukravār) | शनिवार (śanivār) |

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* বার (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဝါရ (Burmese script)
* વાર (Gujarati script)
* ਵਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ವಾರ (Kannada script)
* វារ (Khmer script)
* ວາຣ (Lao script)
* വാര (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଵାର (Odia script)
* ꢮꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* වාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* வார (Tamil script)
* వార (Telugu script)
* วาร (Thai script)
* ཝཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑ́ː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɑː.ɾɐ/

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

वार • (vā́ra) stem, m
* Alternative form of वाल (vāla, “the tail of an animal”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From the root वृ (vṛ).

#### Noun

वार • (vā́ra) stem, m
* keeping back, restraining
* anything which covers or surrounds or restrains, a cover
* anything which causes an obstruction, a gate, doorway
* anything enclosed or circumscribed in space or time, especially an appointed place
* the time fixed or appointed for anything
* choice
* anything chosen or exquisite, goods, treasure

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Probably from वर (vara, “choosing”).

#### Noun

वार • (vā́ra) stem, m
* a moment, occasion, opportunity
* a multitude, quantity
* an arrow
* a prickly chaff flower (Achyranthes aspera)
* the turn of a day (under the regency of a planet)
* a day of the week

##### Descendants

* Assamese: বাৰ (bar)
* Bengali: বার (bar)
* Gujarati: વાર (vār)
* Hindi: बार (bār)
* Marathi: वार (vār)
* Odia: ବାର (bāra)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਰ (vār)
    Shahmukhi script: وار (vār)
* Pali: vāra
* Romani: var
* → Kannada: ವಾರ (vāra)
* → Khmer: ពារ (piə), វារ (viə)
* → Malayalam: വാരം (vāraṁ)
* → Tamil: வாரம் (vāram)
* → Telugu: వారం (vāraṁ)
* → Thai: วาร (waan)
* → Urdu: بار (bār), وار (vār)

#### Noun

वार • (vā́ra) stem, n
* a vessel for holding spirituous liquor
* a particular artificial poison

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from South Dravidian I, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian I *wāẓay. Compare Malayalam വാഴ (vāḻa).

#### Noun

वार • (vā́ra) stem, m
* plantain tree

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 943.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 466