уарын

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • уарун (warun) (Digor)

Etymology

Cognate with Pashto ووریدل‎ (warēdəl, wōrēdəl, “to rain”); Kurdish and Persian باران‎ (bârân), 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) to rain
  2. (Iron) to fall (of precipitation)

Noun

уа́рын • (wáryn)

  1. (Iron) rain

References
  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “уарын”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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