वार [वृ-घञ्]
1 That which covers, a cover.
2 A multitude, large number; as in वारयुवति.
3 A heap; quantity.
4 A herd, flock; Śi. 18. 56.
5 A day of the week; as in बुधवार, शनिवार.
6 Time, turn; शशकस्य वारः समायातः Pt. 1; अप्सरावारपर्यायेण V. 5; R. 19. 18; often used in pl. like the English ‘times’; बहुवारान् ‘many times’ क- तिवारान् ‘how many times’.
7 A An occasion, opportunity.
8 A door, gate.
9 The opposite bank of a river.
10 N. of Śiva.
11 Ved. A tail.
−रं
1 A vessel for holding spirituous liquor.
2 A mass of water (जलसंघ).
−Comp.
−अंगना, −नारी, −युवति f., योप्रित् f., −व- निता, विलासिनी, −सुंदरी, −स्त्री ‘a woman of the multitude’, a common woman, harlot, courtezan, prostitute; Ratn. 1. 26; Ś. Til 16.
−कीरः 1. a wife's brother (according to Trik.). −2. the submarine fire. −3. a hairdresser or comb. −4. a louse. −5. a courser. −6. a carrier, porter; (these meanings are given in Medinī). −बु (बू) षा the plantain tree.
−मुख्या the chief of a number of harlots. −बा (वा) णः, −णं armour, a coat of mail; अगमत्कैतकं रजः । तद्याघेवारवाणानामयत्नपटवासतां R. 4. 55; Śi. 15. 118.
−वाणिः 1. a piper, player on a flute. −2. a musician. −3. a year. −4. a judge. (
−णिः f.) a harlot.
−वाणी a harlot.
−वृषा 1. corn. −2. the plantain tree.
−वेला a time or period of the day when no act is performed.
−सेवा 1. harlotry, prostitution. −2. a number of harlots.