خاور
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwlwlʾn' /xwarwarān/, “sunset, west”). Akin to Old Armenian խաւար (xawar); an Iranian borrowing.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xɑː.waɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xɒː.væɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χɔ.väɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | xāwar |
Dari reading? | xāwar |
Iranian reading? | xâvar |
Tajik reading? | xovar |
Noun[edit]
خاور • (xâvar)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Azerbaijani: Xavər
References[edit]
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul