уарын

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • уарун (warun) (Digor)

Etymology

Cognate with Pashto ووریدل‎ (warēdəl, wōrēdəl, “to rain”); Kurdish and Persian باران‎ (bārān), Sanskrit वार् (vār, “water”), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀‎ (vāra, “rain”). Other Indo-European cognates include Armenian ջուր (ǰur), Old Norse vari (“liquid, water”), Latin ūrīnor (“to dive”) and Luvian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 (wār, “water”).

Verb

уа́рын • (wáryn)

  1. (Iron dialect) to rain
  2. (Iron dialect) to fall (of precipitation)

Noun

уа́рын • (wáryn)

  1. (Iron dialect) rain

References
  • Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “уарын”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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