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हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

वर — match (Noun)

वर — promise (Noun)

Monier–Williams

वर — {vára} m. (fr. √1. {vṛ}), 'environing', 'enclosing', circumference, space, room RV. AV. TS. ({vára ā pṛthivyāḥ}, on the wide earth)##stopping, checking RV. i, 143, 5

वर — {vará} inf({ā})n. (fr. √2. {vṛ}) choosing ( {patiṃ-varā}, {svayaṃ-varā})##m. 'chooser', one who solicits a girl in marriage, suitor, lover, bridegroom, husband (rarely 'son-in-law') RV. &c. &c##a bridegroom's friend MW##a dissolute man (= {vita} or {ṣiḍga}) L##({vára}), mf({ā})n. 'select', choicest, valuable, precious, best, most excellent or eminent among (gen., loc., abl., or comp.) or for (gen.) ŚrS. MBh. &c##(ifc.) royal, princely Jātakam##better, preferable, better than (abl., rarely gen.) or among (abl.) Mn. MBh. &c##eldest W##({am}), ind. (g. {svar-ādi}) preferably, rather, better (also = preferable, sometimes with abl. which in Veda is often followed by {ā} e.g. {agníbhyo váram}, 'better than fires' RV##{sákkibhya ā váram}, 'better than companions' ib##exceptionally with acc., e.g. {śiṣyaiḥ śata-hutān homān}, {ekaḥ putra-kut varam}, 'better one sacrifice offered by a son than a hundred offered by disciples' ṢaḍvBr.) RV. &c. &c##it is better that, it would be best if (with pres. e.g. {varaṃ gacchāmi}, 'it is better that I go'##or with Impv., e.g. {varaṃ naye sthāpyatām}, 'it would be better if he were initiated into our plan' Kathās##or without any verb, e.g. {varaṃ siṃhāt}, 'better {death caused} by a lion' Pañcat##sometimes with Pot., e. {varaṃ tat kuryāt}, 'better that he should do that Kām.) Kāv. Kathās. &c##it is better than, rather than (in these senses {varam} is followed by, {na}, {na ca} {na tu}, {na punaḥ} {tad api na} or {tathâpi na}, with nom., e.g. {varaṃ mṛśyur nacâkīrtiḥ}, 'better death than [lit. 'and not'] infamy'##exeptionally with instr., e.g. {varam eko guṇī putro ta ca mūrkha-śatair api}, 'better one virtuous son than hundreds of fools' Hit##{na hi-varam}, 'by no mean - but rather') Mn. MBh. &c##m. (rarely n##ifc. f. {ā}) 'act or object of choosing, election, wish, request##boon, gift, reward, benefit, blessing, favour ({várāya}, {váram ā}, {práti váram} or {váraṃ varam}, 'according to wish, to one's heart's content'##{mad-varāt}, in consequence of the boon granted by me'##{váraṃ-√vṛ}, to choose a boon'##{varaṃ-√yāc} or {ā-√kāṅkṣ} or √{brū} or Caus. of {pra-√arth}, 'to prefer a request'##{váraṃ√dā}, 'to grant a boon or blessing'##{varam pra-√dā} or {pra-√yam} id##{varaṃ-√labh}, to receive a boon or reward') RV. &c. &c##a benefit, advantage, privilege Daś##charity, alms VarBṛS##a dowry Pañcat##m. a kind of grain (= {varata}) KātyŚr. Sch##bdellium L##a sparrow L##N. of a son of Śvaphalka VP##({ā}), f. N. of various plants and vegetable products (accord. to L. 'the three kinds of myrobolan'##Clypea Hemandifolia##Asparagus Racemosus##Cocculus Cordifolius##turmeric##Embelia Ribes##a √similar to ginger##= {brāhrnī} and {reṇukā}) Suśr##N. of Pārvatī L##N. of a river BhP##({ī}), f. Asparagus Racemosus L##N. of Chāya (the wife of Sūrya) L##n. saffron BhP. (In comp. not always separable from 1. {vara}.)

वर — {vara}

वर — {vara}