# वर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋəɾ/, [ʋɐɾ]

### Noun

वर • (var) m
* bridegroom

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “वर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese hora.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋəɾ]

### Noun

वर • (var) (Latin script vor, Kannada script ವರ್)
* hour
    Synonym: तास (tās)

### References

* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Marathi
### Alternative forms

वरी (varī) (literary, less common)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋəɾ/

### Adverb

वर • (var)
* up, upstairs
* in addition

### Postposition

वर • (var)
* on, above
* at
* up to, until
* in addition

### Antonyms

* खाली (khālī)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vara (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ৰর (Bengali script)
* වර (Sinhalese script)
* ဝရ (Burmese script)
* วร or วะระ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ວຣ or ວະຣະ (Lao script)
* វរ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

वर
* Devanagari script form of vara (“excellent”)

#### Declension
### Noun

वर m or n
* Devanagari script form of vara (“wish”)

#### Declension
### Verb

वर
* Devanagari script form of vara, which is second-person singular imperative active of वरति (varati, “to desire”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৱৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬭ (Balinese script)
* বর (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဝရ (Burmese script)
* વર (Gujarati script)
* ਵਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ವರ (Kannada script)
* វរ (Khmer script)
* ວຣ (Lao script)
* വര (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଵର (Odia script)
* ꢮꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖨 (Siddham script)
* වර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚤 (Takri script)
* வர (Tamil script)
* వర (Telugu script)
* วร (Thai script)
* ཝ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáras, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, envelop”). The Sanskrit root is वृ (√vṛ, “to cover”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ́.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɐ.ɾɐ/

#### Noun

वर • (vára) stem, m
* "environing", "enclosing", circumference, space, room (RV., AV., TS.)
    वर आ पृथिव्याः (vára ā́ pṛthivyā́ḥ) — on the wide earth
* stopping, checking (RV. I, 143, 5)

##### Descendants

* → Old Javanese: awara (“screen”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *warás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warás, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁os (“chosen, wanted (person or thing)”). The Sanskrit root is वृ (√vṛ, “to choose”). The adjective (in the sense of "high quality") and noun (in the sense of "gift") developed from the notion of "select", "chosen".

#### Adjective

वर • (vará) stem
* choosing
    पतिंवरा (patiṃvarā) — a woman who chooses her husband for herself
    स्वयंवरा (svayaṃ-varā) — self-choice, the election of a husband by a princess or daughter of a kṣatriya at a public assembly of suitors

##### Declension
#### Noun

वर • (vará) stem, m
* "chooser", one who solicits a girl in marriage, suitor, lover, bridegroom, husband (rarely "son-in-law") (RV. etc.)
* a bridegroom's friend (MW.)
* a dissolute man (= वित (vita) or षिड्ग (ṣiḍga)) (L.)

##### Declension
#### Adjective

वर • (vára) stem (comparative वरीयस्, superlative वरिष्ठ)
* "select", choicest, valuable, precious, best, most excellent or eminent among (genitive, locative, ablative, or compound) or for (genitive) (ŚrS., MBh. etc.)
* (at the end of a compound) royal, princely (Jātakam.)
* better, preferable, better than (ablative, rarely genitive) or among (ablative) (Mn., MBh. etc.)
* eldest (W.)

##### Declension
#### Noun

वर • (vára) stem, m
* boon, gift, reward, benefit, blessing, favour (RV. etc.)
    वराय (várāya), वरम् आ (váram ā́), प्रति वरम् (práti váram) or वरं वरम् (váraṃ varam) — according to wish, to one's heart's content
    मद्वरात् (mad-varāt) — in consequence of the boon granted by me
    váraṃ-√vṛ — to choose a boon
    varaṃ-√yāc or ā-√kāṅkṣ or √brū or causative of pra-√arth — to prefer a request
    váraṃ √dā, varam pra-√dā or pra-√yam — to grant a boon or blessing
    varaṃ-√labh — to receive a boon or reward
* benefit, advantage, privilege (Daś.)
* charity, alms (VarBṛS.)
* dowry (Pañcat.)
* a kind of grain (= वरत (varata)) (KātyŚr., Sch.)
* bdellium (L.)
* sparrow (L.)
* name of a son of श्वफल्क (śvaphalka) (VP.)
* saffron (BhP.) (in compounds not always separable from the homographic word meaning "enclosing, etc")

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: বর (bor)
* → Burmese: ဘုရား (bhu.ra:, “Buddha”)
* → Khamti: ၸြႃ (phraa, “Buddha”)
* Old Khmer: វ្រះ (vraḥ, “to be holy”)
** Khmer: ព្រះ (preah, “Buddha”)
** → Lao: ພຣະ (pha ra), ພະ (pha)
** → Thai: พระ (prá, “royal; priestly; divine”), พร (pɔɔn, “blessing”)
* → Old Javanese: bra
* → Old Javanese: phra
** Javanese: bra
* → Old Javanese: wara (“favour, gift”)
** Javanese: ꦮꦫ (wara, “lady”)
** → Balinese: ᬯᬭ (wara, “superior”)
* → Old Javanese: awara (“screen”)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵਰ (var)
    Shahmukhi script: ور (var)
* → Tamil: வரம் (varam), வரன் (varaṉ)
* → Telugu: వరము (varamu, “blessing”), వరుడు (varuḍu, “excellent man; bridegroom; husband”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0921, 0922.