name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes Hinduism
2. 2
   Alternative letter-case form of varna. alt-of
3. 3
   (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A city in northeastern Bulgaria.

Example

More examples

"It is a six hours' drive from Sofia to Varna."

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to choose, select”).

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