Avar

Not to be confused with Ajvar.

Avar(s) or AVAR may refer to:

Peoples and states

• Avars (Caucasus), a modern Northeast Caucasian-speaking people in the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia
  • Avar language, the modern Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Avars of the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia
  • Avar Khanate, a former country of the Caucasus Avars
• Pannonian Avars, a medieval nomadic people who lived in Central and Eastern Europe of probable East Asian Steppe origen
  • Avar Khaganate, a former country of the Pannonian Avars
• Rouran Khaganate, a state of nomadic Mongolian tribes from the late 4th century until the middle 6th century, possibly linked with the Pannonian Avars

Settlements in Iran

• Avar, Qazvin
• Avar, Razavi Khorasan
• Avar, Tehran

In science and technology

• Avar (animation variable), a variable in computer-generated imagery
• Avar(), symbol for asymptotic variance, in statistics
• Allan variance, a statistical measure of frequency stability
• Trade name for dermatological drugs that contains a sulfonamide antibiotic
• Football abbreviation of assistant video assistant referee

Other uses

• Average value at risk, a coherent risk measure in finance
• Avari (Middle-earth), a group of Elves in the Lord of the Rings fictional universe

See also

• Eurasian Avars (disambiguation)
• Uar, a medieval Central Asian people also known as the Hephthalites, possibly linked with the Pannonian Avars