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varo

vara

masc nom sg of vara (adj); masc nom sg of vara (noun)

1. excellent; best; foremost; lit. select
2. princely; stately; royal; lit. select
3. wish

Built from

• vara — root · choose, select
  The root √vṛ develops the sense of picking out or choosing one from many. Cognates: Latin velle 'to wish', English will; Sanskrit vṛṇoti 'chooses'.

Etymology. From √vṛ 'choose, pick out', whence vrati 'chooses' and Latin velle 'wish' (via *wel-), English will; the concrete image is selecting one thing from many, hence 'best' and 'choice', and by extension 'wish' (what one chooses for oneself). Cognate with Sanskrit vara, Greek hairesis 'choice'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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