# وار
## Khalaj
### Predicative

وار (vâr)
* Arabic spelling of vâr (“there is”)

## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bār.

#### Adjective

وار • (var or vār)
* existential copula; existent, there is
    Antonym: یوق (yoq)
    بر ار وار بوندهbir är var bundathere is a man here(literally, “a man is exsistent here”)

#### Determiner

وار • (var or vār)
* all
    Synonym: قمو (qamu)
    آنك وار طونین آلدلر ― anuŋ var donın aldılar ― they took all his clothes

#### Noun

وار • (var or vār) (definite accusative واری (varı or vārı), plural وارلر (varlar or vārlar))
* everything one owns, possession, wealth
* every member or part of something

##### Derived terms

* وار اولسه (vār olsa, “it should be that...”)
* وار ایسه (var isä, “perhaps”)
* وار ایلمك (vār äylämäk, “to create out of nothing”)
* وار یمز (var yemäz, “stingy”)
* وارجه‌سی (varcası, “all of it”)
* وارسه (varsa, “it is possible that...”)
* وارلق (varlıq, “existence”)
* وارلو (varlu, “rich”)
* واری (vārı, “all of it”)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: var
* Gagauz: var
* Ottoman Turkish: وار (var)
** Turkish: var

#### Further reading

* “var”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “var”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 703
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “var”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

وار • (var)
* (with positive verb conjugation) An expression of encouragement for someone to get into action, come on, go ahead
    وار آكه سویله ― var aŋa söylä ― go ahead [and] tell him
* (with negative verb conjugation) An expression to discourage someone from doing somethng

#### Verb

وار • (var)
* second-person singular imperative of وارمق (to come, to arrive)

##### Descendants

* Ottoman Turkish: وار (var)
** Turkish: var

#### Further reading

* “var”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “var”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 703

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish وار (var), from Proto-Turkic *bār (“there is”).

### Adjective

وار • (var)
* existent; there is

#### Descendants

* Turkish: var

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1296
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “وار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2120

## Persian
### Noun

وار • (vâr)
* (rare) flame

#### Derived terms

* وار زدن (vâr zadan)

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* بار (bār) (Malwai)

### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀭 (vāra), from Sanskrit वार (vāra). Compare Urdu بار (bār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɑːɾ/
* Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

### Noun

وار • (vār) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਰ)
* time, chance, occasion
    Synonym: دفعہ (dafa'ah)
    پَہلِی وار ― pahlī vār ― First time

#### Derived terms

* وارِی (vārī)

### References

* “وار”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वाल (vāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋɑrʊ]

### Noun

وارُ • (vāru) f (Devanagari वारु)
* (anatomy) hair

### References

* Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “وارُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ʋɑːɾ/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑁄 (pāḍo), from Sanskrit पात (pāta, “attack”).

#### Noun

وار • (vār) m (Hindi spelling वार)
* assault, attack

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वार (vā́ra).

#### Noun

وار • (vār) m (Hindi spelling वार)
* a day of the week
* occasion, time

### References

* Platts, John T. (1884) “وار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Ushojo
### Noun

وار (vār)
* a period in which animals were attacked
* stubbornness