English

Proper noun

Hvar

1. A Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φάρος ‎(Pháros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʋâːr/

Proper noun

Hvȃr m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Хва̑р)

1. Hvar

Declension

References

• “Hvar” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Faroese

Adverb

hvar ‎(not comparable)

1. where

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰvaːr/
• IPA^(key): /xʷaːr/

  Rhymes: -aːr

Adverb

hvar ‎(not comparable)

1. where (of location)

   Hvar áttu heima?

   Where do you live?

   Hvar er hann niðurkominn?

   What’s become of him?

   Hvar í ósköpunum varstu, Óskar?

   Where in heaven’s name were you, Óskar?

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwar ‎(“where”). Cognate with Old English hwær, Old Frisian hwēr, Old Saxon hwar, Old Dutch war, wara, Old High German war, Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍂 ‎(hwar).

Adverb

hvar (not comparable)

1. where

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hwaz ‎(“who, what”). Cognate with Old English hwā, Old Frisian hwā, Old Saxon hwē, Old Dutch wē, Old High German wēr, Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍃 ‎(hwas). Merged with Old Norse hverr from Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz ‎(“which, what”).

Pronoun

hvar

1. who, what (nominative and accusative singular masculine and feminine interrogative pronoun)

Declension

Descendants

References

• hvar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Adverb

hvar

1. Obsolete spelling of var

Conjunction

hvar

1. Obsolete spelling of var