تاجور

Persian

Etymology

From (tāj / tâj, “crown”) +‎ (-war / -var). Doublet of (takfūr / takfur, “Armenian king”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taːd͡ʒ.ˈwar/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːd͡ʒ.wáɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːd͡ʒ.wáɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔːd͡ʒ.wáɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːd͡ʒ.vǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔd͡ʒ.váɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tājwar
Dari reading^?	tājwar
Iranian reading^?	tâjvar
Tajik reading^?	tojvar

Noun

تاجور • (tājwar / tâjvar) (plural تاجوران (tājwarān / tâjvarân), or تاجورها (tājwar-hā / tâjvar-hâ), Tajik spelling тоҷвар)

(archaic) king
- Ferdowsi
  اگر پادشاهی بود در گهر
  بباید که نیکی کند تاجور
  agar pādišāhī buwad dar guhar
  bibāyad ki nēkī kunad tājwar

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: تاجور (tâcver)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “تاجور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press