From Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾlʾn' /⁠wārān⁠/) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (wʾrʾn /⁠wārān⁠/)), compound of [script needed] (wʾl /⁠wār-⁠/) and [script needed] (-ʾn' /⁠-ān⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥ (“water; rain”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁r- (“water”). Indo-Iranian cognates include Northern Kurdish baran, Northern Luri بارۆ (barø), Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬭𐬀 (vāra, “rain”), and Sanskrit वार् (vār, “water”). Other Indo-European cognates include Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒅈 (wār, “water”), Old Norse vari (“liquid, water”) and Latin ūrīnor (“to dive”).