Avar

See also: avar and àvar

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈævɑɹ/

Etymology 1

From Avar аварал (awaral)

Proper noun

Avar

1. A North Caucasian language spoken mainly in Avaria (Republic of Daghestan) as its official language, and in parts of Azerbaijan.

Translations

language

• Avar: авар мацӏ (awar macʼ), магӏарул мацӏ (maʻarul macʼ)
• Breton: avareg
• Bulgarian: ава́рски ези́к m (avárski ezík)
• Catalan: àvar (ca)
• Chechen: жӏайхойн мотт (žˀajxojn mott), суьйлийн мотт (süüliı̇n mott)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿瓦爾語／阿瓦尔语 (zh) (Āwǎ'ěr yǔ)

• Corsican: avar (co)
• Czech: avarština f
• Dutch: Avaars (nl) n
• Faroese: avariskt n
• Finnish: avaari (fi)
• French: avar (fr) m
• Georgian: ხუნძური ენა (xunʒuri ena), ხუნძური (xunʒuri), ავარული (avaruli), ავარული ენა (avaruli ena)
• German: Awarisch (de) n, awarische Sprache f
• Hungarian: avar (hu)
• Icelandic: avarska (is)
• Irish: Aváiris f
• Japanese: アヴァル語 (ja) (Avaru-go)
• Korean: 아바르어 (Abareu-eo)
• Latvian: avāru valoda
• Lithuanian: avarų kalba
• Macedonian: аварски јазик (avarski jazik)
• Malay: bahasa Avar
• Mongolian: авар (mn) (avar)
• Norwegian: avarisk (no)
• Polish: awarski (pl) m
• Portuguese: avar (pt) m
• Russian: ава́рский язы́к (ru) m (avárskij jazýk), ава́рский (ru) m (avárskij)
• Slovak: avarčina f
• Slovene: avarščina f
• Spanish: idioma avar m, idioma ávaro m, ávaro (es) m
• Swedish: avariska (sv)
• Tabasaran: ава́р чӏал (avár č̣al)
• Turkish: Avarca (tr)
• Turkmen: awar dili
• Ukrainian: ава́рська мо́ва f (avársʹka móva)

Noun

Avar (plural Avars)

1. A person belonging to this people of Caucasus, mainly of Daghestan, in which they are the predominant group.

Translations

person

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ավար (hy) (avar)
• Avar: аварав m (awaraw), аварай f (awaraj), магӏарулав m (maʻarulaw), магӏарулай f (maʻarulaj)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: ава́рин m (avárin), ава́рка f (avárka)
• Catalan: àvar (ca) m
• Chechen: суьйли (süüli), жӏайхо (žˀajxo)
• Dutch: Avaar m, Avaarse f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: avaari (fi)
• Georgian: ხუნძი (xunʒi), ავარიელი (avarieli)
• German: Aware (de) m, Awarin (de) f
• Irish: Avárach m
• Kazakh: авар (avar)
• Ossetian: Солы (Soly), солиаг (soliag)
• Polish: Awar m, Awarka f
• Portuguese: ávaro (pt) m, avar (pt) m or f
• Russian: ава́рец (ru) m (avárec), ава́рка (ru) f (avárka)
• Spanish: ávaro (es) m
• Tabasaran: ава́ржви (avárž°i)

Adjective

Avar (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Avar language or people.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Avar language or people

• Avar: авар (awar), аваразул (awarazul), магӏарул (maʻarul), магӏарулазул (maʻarulazul)
• Bulgarian: ава́рски (avárski)
• Catalan: àvar (ca)
• Chechen: суьйлийн (süüliı̇n), жӏайхойн (žˀajxojn)
• Georgian: ხუნძური (xunʒuri), ავარული (avaruli)
• German: awarisch
• Irish: Avárach
• Polish: awarski (pl) m
• Portuguese: ávaro (pt), avar (pt)
• Russian: ава́рский (ru) (avárskij)
• Tabasaran: ава́р (avár)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code av, ISO 639-3 code ava (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Avar, ava ⁠

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Avar

1. The extinct language of the Eurasian Avars, probably belonging to the Oghur branch of the Turkic language family.

Translations

language

• Bulgarian: ава́рски (avárski)
• Russian: ава́рский (ru) (avárskij)

Noun

Avar (plural Avars)

1. (historical) A member of a group of equestrian nomads who established an empire spanning considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late 6th to the early 9th century; also called Eurasian Avars or Pannonian Avars, to distinguish them from the Avars of the Caucasus.

Translations

member of a group of professional equestrian nomads

• Armenian: ավար (hy) (avar)
• Czech: Avar (cs) m
• Dutch: Avaar m
• Finnish: avaari (fi)
• Greek: Άβαρος (el) m (Ávaros)
• Portuguese: ávaro (pt) m
• Romanian: avar (ro)
• Russian: ава́р (ru) (avár), обр (ru) (obr) (archaic)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

Avar (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Eurasian Avar language or people.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Eurasian Avar language or people

• Armenian: ավարական (hy) (avarakan)
• Russian: ава́рский (ru) (avárskij)

Anagrams

• vara, Vara, VARA, arva