خاور
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Persian [script needed] (xvarōfrān /xwarwarān/, “east”). 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 | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xāwar |
| Dari reading? | xāwar |
| Iranian reading? | xâvar |
| Tajik reading? | xovar |
Noun
editخاور • (xâvar)
- the east
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editReferences
edit- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul