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Definition of Varna
1. Noun. A port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Bulgaria, Republic Of Bulgaria
Group relationships: Bulgaria, Republic Of Bulgaria
2. Noun. (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis).
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Category relationships: Hindooism, Hinduism
Member holonyms: Jati
Specialized synonyms: Brahman, Brahmin, Rajanya, Vaisya, Shudra, Sudra
Category relationships: Hindooism, Hinduism
Member holonyms: Jati
Specialized synonyms: Brahman, Brahmin, Rajanya, Vaisya, Shudra, Sudra
Definition of Varna
1. Noun. (alternative capitalization of varna) ¹
2. Proper noun. A city in northeastern Bulgaria. ¹
3. Noun. (Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Varna
1. any of the four main Hindu social classes [n -S]