navar

See also: Navar

English

Etymology

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Noun

navar (plural navars)

1. A kind of Zoroastrian priest.

Anagrams

• Arnav, Narva, Varna, Vrana, varan, varna

Norwegian Bokmål

A navar (auger).

Alternative forms

• naver

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse nafarr (“auger”), from Proto-Germanic *nabagaizaz (“auger”), from *nabō (“nave, hub”) +‎ *gaizaz (“spear”). By surface analysis, nav +‎ geir)

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk navar, Swedish navare, Danish naver, Icelandic nafarr and English auger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑː.ʋar/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʋar
• Hyphenation: na‧var

Noun

navar m (definite singular navaren, indefinite plural navarer or navrer, definite plural navarene or navrene)

1. (tools) a rough hand drill, an auger (traditionally used to bore large holes in wheel hubs)
   • 1976, Karsten Alnæs, Felttoget, page 125:

     hedningene gjennomboret den hellige og levende Erasmus' legeme med navarer.

     the heathens pierced the holy and living Erasmus' body with augers.

2. (mining) a drill consisting of a round or octagonal iron or steel rod, tapering downwards with a steel-reinforced, chisel-shaped edge

References

• “navar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “navar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• "navar" in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• varan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Jesu far Josef står med navar i hendene og borar hol i ein trebit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse nafarr, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz.

Alternative forms

• nåvår (dialectal)

Noun

navar m (definite singular navaren, indefinite plural navarar, definite plural navarane)

1. auger

Derived terms

• Nyårsnavar

Etymology 2

From NAV (since 2006).

Noun

navar m (definite singular navaren, indefinite plural navarar, definite plural navarane)

1. (usually derogatory) unemployed person who gets economical support from the state, a dosser