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From Old Norse vár.

vár n (genitive singular várs, plural vár)

  1. spring (season)

From Old Norse vár.

vár

  1. (archaic) our

From an Iranian language, compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, entrenchment), Middle Persian wl (war, castle), from *warš- (height) from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (peak).

vár (plural várak)

  1. castle, fortress
    Synonyms: erődítmény, kastély
  2. citadel (inside a city)
    Synonyms: citadella, fellegvár

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(Compound words with this term at the end):

(Geographical proper names):

From Proto-Ugric *warɜ- (to guard, wait).[1][2] Compare Northern Mansi ӯруӈкве (ūruňkve, to wait, to guard).

vár

  1. (intransitive) to wait for someone or something (with -ra/-re)
    Kire vársz?Who are you waiting for?
  2. (transitive) to expect someone or something
    Ne várj kedves kiszolgálást, ha soha nem adsz borravalót.Don’t expect nice service if you never give any tip.
    A húgom gyereket vár.My younger sister is expecting a baby.

The verbal noun várás is usually only used in some compounds, instead, várakozás is applied.

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

  1. ^ Entry #1869 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ vár 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.)
  • (to wait): vár 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
  • (castle): vár 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

From Proto-Germanic *wazrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (compare Latin ver, Lithuanian vãsara, vasarà, Persian بهار (bahâr), Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, morning) and वसन्त (vasantá, spring), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), Old Church Slavonic весна (vesna)). Compare also Old Frisian wars, wers (spring).

vár n (genitive várs, plural vár)

  1. spring (season)