varaan

From Dutch varaan.

varaan (plural varaane)

1. (rare) monitor lizard

   Synonym: likkewaan

From Arabic وَرَل (waral), cognate with German Waran, French varan.

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• IPA^(key): /vɑˈraːn/

varaan m (plural varanen, diminutive varaantje n)

1. The monitor lizard, a lizard of the genus Varanus

• bandenvaraan m
• Nijlvaraan m
• reuzenvaraan m
• watervaraan m
• woestijnvaraan m
• Komodovaraan

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrɑːn/, [ˈʋɑ̝rɑ̝ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑːn
• Syllabification^(key): va‧raan

varaan

1. illative singular of vara

varaan

1. first-person singular present indicative of varata

varaan (+ genitive)

1. into being dependent on

• “varaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• aravan, arvaan, avaran, ravaan, vaaran, vaarna, varana