avar

See also: Avar and àvar

English

Etymology

Blend of animation +‎ variable.

Noun

avar (plural avars)

1. (animation) an animation variable

Anagrams

• vara, Vara, VARA, arva

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑˈvɑr]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Noun

avar (definite accusative avarı, plural avarlar)

1. oar, paddle, scull

   Synonym: kürək

   avar çəkmək ― to row, to scull

Etymology 2

Noun

avar (definite accusative avarı, plural avarlar)

1. an Avar

Declension

Declension of avar

	singular	plural
nominative	avar	avarlar
definite accusative	avarı	avarları
dative	avara	avarlara
locative	avarda	avarlarda
ablative	avardan	avarlardan
definite genitive	avarın	avarların

Possessive forms of avar

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	avarım	avarlarım
sənin (“your”)	avarın	avarların
onun (“his/her/its”)	avarı	avarları
bizim (“our”)	avarımız	avarlarımız
sizin (“your”)	avarınız	avarlarınız
onların (“their”)	avarı or avarları	avarları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	avarımı	avarlarımı
sənin (“your”)	avarını	avarlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	avarını	avarlarını
bizim (“our”)	avarımızı	avarlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	avarınızı	avarlarınızı
onların (“their”)	avarını or avarlarını	avarlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	avarıma	avarlarıma
sənin (“your”)	avarına	avarlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	avarına	avarlarına
bizim (“our”)	avarımıza	avarlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	avarınıza	avarlarınıza
onların (“their”)	avarına or avarlarına	avarlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	avarımda	avarlarımda
sənin (“your”)	avarında	avarlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	avarında	avarlarında
bizim (“our”)	avarımızda	avarlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	avarınızda	avarlarınızda
onların (“their”)	avarında or avarlarında	avarlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	avarımdan	avarlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	avarından	avarlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	avarından	avarlarından
bizim (“our”)	avarımızdan	avarlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	avarınızdan	avarlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	avarından or avarlarından	avarlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	avarımın	avarlarımın
sənin (“your”)	avarının	avarlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	avarının	avarlarının
bizim (“our”)	avarımızın	avarlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	avarınızın	avarlarınızın
onların (“their”)	avarının or avarlarının	avarlarının

References

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “avar”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[3] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin avārus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈvar]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈvar]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Adjective

avar m or f (masculine and feminine plural avars)

1. greedy, avaricious

   Synonyms: avariciós, cobdiciós

2. stingy, miserly

   Synonyms: gasiu, mesquí

Related terms

• avarícia

Further reading

• “avar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “avar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “avar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “avar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin habēre.

Verb

avar (past participle avoit)

1. (Vegliot) to have

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avar

infinitive			avar
gerund			avando
past participle			avoit
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ju	te	jal/jala	nu	vu	jali/jale
	present	jai	ji	ju	jaime	jaite	ju
	imperfect	avas	avai	avaja	avajaime	avajaite	avas
	perfect	jai avoit	ji avoit	ju avoit	jaime avoit	jaite avoit	ju avoit
	pluperfect	avas avoit	avai avoit	avaja avoit	avajaime avoit	avajaite avoit	avas avoit
	future	avra	avrai	avra	avarme	avarte	avra
	conditional	avre	avre	avre	avarme	avarte	avre
subjunctive		ju	te	jal/jala	nu	vu	jali/jale
	present	avaja	avaja	avaja	avaime	avaite	avaja
	imperfect	avas	avasse	avassa	avassaime	avassaite	avas
imperative		—	te	—	nu	vu	—
	affirmative		avai		avaime	avaite
	negative		naun avai		naun avaime	naun avaite

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avara.

Adjective

avar

1. ample

Gallo-Italic of Sicily

Etymology

From Latin habēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvar/
• Hyphenation: a‧var

Verb

avar

1. (transitive) (Sanfratellan) to have.

Hungarian

avar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒvɒr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: avar
• Rhymes: -ɒr

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric stem as avul +‎ -r (obsolete noun-forming suffix). For the -r ending, compare tompor, hunyor, sömör, fodor.

Noun

avar (plural avarok)

1. leaf litter (layer of fallen dry leaves on the ground)

   Synonym: levéltakaró

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	avar	avarok
accusative	avart	avarokat
dative	avarnak	avaroknak
instrumental	avarral	avarokkal
causal-final	avarért	avarokért
translative	avarrá	avarokká
terminative	avarig	avarokig
essive-formal	avarként	avarokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	avarban	avarokban
superessive	avaron	avarokon
adessive	avarnál	avaroknál
illative	avarba	avarokba
sublative	avarra	avarokra
allative	avarhoz	avarokhoz
elative	avarból	avarokból
delative	avarról	avarokról
ablative	avartól	avaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	avaré	avaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	avaréi	avarokéi

Possessive forms of avar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	avarom	avarjaim
2nd person sing.	avarod	avarjaid
3rd person sing.	avarja	avarjai
1st person plural	avarunk	avarjaink
2nd person plural	avarotok	avarjaitok
3rd person plural	avarjuk	avarjaik

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin Avari, Avares. First attested in 1559.

Adjective

avar (not comparable)

1. Avar (of or relating to the Avar language or people)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	avar	avarok
accusative	avart	avarokat
dative	avarnak	avaroknak
instrumental	avarral	avarokkal
causal-final	avarért	avarokért
translative	avarrá	avarokká
terminative	avarig	avarokig
essive-formal	avarként	avarokként
essive-modal	avarul	—
inessive	avarban	avarokban
superessive	avaron	avarokon
adessive	avarnál	avaroknál
illative	avarba	avarokba
sublative	avarra	avarokra
allative	avarhoz	avarokhoz
elative	avarból	avarokból
delative	avarról	avarokról
ablative	avartól	avaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	avaré	avaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	avaréi	avarokéi

Noun

avar (countable and uncountable, plural avarok)

1. Avar (people)
2. Avar (language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	avar	avarok
accusative	avart	avarokat
dative	avarnak	avaroknak
instrumental	avarral	avarokkal
causal-final	avarért	avarokért
translative	avarrá	avarokká
terminative	avarig	avarokig
essive-formal	avarként	avarokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	avarban	avarokban
superessive	avaron	avarokon
adessive	avarnál	avaroknál
illative	avarba	avarokba
sublative	avarra	avarokra
allative	avarhoz	avarokhoz
elative	avarból	avarokból
delative	avarról	avarokról
ablative	avartól	avaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	avaré	avaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	avaréi	avarokéi

Possessive forms of avar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	avarom	avarjaim
2nd person sing.	avarod	avarjaid
3rd person sing.	avarja	avarjai
1st person plural	avarunk	avarjaink
2nd person plural	avarotok	avarjaitok
3rd person plural	avarjuk	avarjaik

Further reading

• (fallen leaves): avar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (Avar people or their language): avar in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• avar in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Portuguese

Noun

avar m (uncountable)

1. Avar (a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan)

Noun

avar m or f by sense (plural avares)

1. a member of the Avar people

Adjective

avar m or f (plural avares)

1. Avar (belonging or relating to the Avar people)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avare, from Latin avarus.

Noun

avar m (plural avari, feminine equivalent avară)

1. miser
2. greedy

   Synonym: zgârcit

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	avar	avarul	avari	avarii
genitive-dative	avar	avarului	avari	avarilor
vocative	avarule		avarilor

Related terms

• avariție
• avarițios

Swedish

Verb

avar

1. present indicative of ava

Anagrams

• vara

Talysh

Noun

avar (Cyrillic авар)

1. oar, paddle, scull

   avari kəşe ― to row, to scull

References

• Pirejko, L. A. (1976), “авар”, in Talyšsko-russkij slovarʹ [Talysh–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 20

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *avara. Cognates include Finnish avara.

Adjective

avar

1. spacious, vast

Declension

Inflection of avar (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	avar
genitive sing.	avaron
partitive sing.	avarod
partitive plur.	avaroid
	singular	plural
nominative	avar	avarod
accusative	avaron	avarod
genitive	avaron	avaroiden
partitive	avarod	avaroid
essive-instructive	avaron	avaroin
translative	avaroks	avaroikš
inessive	avaros	avaroiš
elative	avarospäi	avaroišpäi
illative	avaroho	avaroihe
adessive	avarol	avaroil
ablative	avarolpäi	avaroilpäi
allative	avarole	avaroile
abessive	avarota	avaroita
comitative	avaronke	avaroidenke
prolative	avarodme	avaroidme
approximative I	avaronno	avaroidenno
approximative II	avaronnoks	avaroidennoks
egressive	avaronnopäi	avaroidennopäi
terminative I	avarohosai	avaroihesai
terminative II	avarolesai	avaroilesai
terminative III	avarossai	—
additive I	avarohopäi	avaroihepäi
additive II	avarolepäi	avaroilepäi

Yola

Alternative forms

• avare

Etymology

From Middle English afor, afore, from Old English onforan or ætforan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvar/
• IPA^(key): /aˈvaːr/

Adverb

avar

1. before
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, pages 100:

     Ayenst zim vartful ropeare at a rumcht ouse avar.

     Against some wanton ranter that has raved (at) us before.

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 2:

     Thaay heighed upa Buckeen twi hours avar dawn,

     They mounted on Buckeen two hours before dawn.