آوار

Persian

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Persian *awa-bar- (“to take away”) or *ā-bar-. Compare Old Armenian աւար (awar, “loot, spoils”), from Parthian 𐭀𐭅𐭀𐭓 (ʾwʾr, “loot, spoils”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? āwār
Dari reading? āwār
Iranian reading? âvâr
Tajik reading? ovor

Noun

آوار • (āwār / âvâr) (Tajik spelling овор)

  1. debris
  2. injustice, iniquity
  3. alternative form of آواره (āwāra / âvâre)

References

  1. ^ Provasi, Elio (1998), “Wanderers and prophets in the Caucasus”, in Studia Iranica et Alanica, Festschrift for Prof. Vasilij Ivanovic Abaev
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