वार्

• वारि (vāri)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- ~ *h₂wer-. Compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭 (vār), Persian باران (bârân, “rain”), Latin ūrīna, ūrīnārī, Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron), Old English ūrig (“moist”), Old Prussian wurs (“pool”), perhaps Old Armenian գայռ (gayṙ, “mud”) and Proto-Slavic *varъ.

वार् • (vā́r) stem, n

1. water
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.4:

     अश्वो॒ वोळ्हा॑ सु॒खं रथं॑ हस॒नामु॑पम॒न्त्रिण॑:।
     शेपो॒ रोम॑ण्वन्तौ भे॒दौ वारिन्म॒ण्डूक॑ इच्छ॒तीन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॥

     áśvo vóḷhā sukháṃ ráthaṃ hasanā́mupamantríṇa:.
     śépo rómaṇvantau bhedaú vā́rínmaṇḍū́ka icchatī́ndrāyendo pári srava.

     The draught horse (desire) a cart easy (to draw); those who invite guests (desire) merriment; the frog desires water; flow, Indu, for Indra.

2. stagnant water, a pond, pool

• Monier Williams (1899) “वार्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 943/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 544-5