یاور

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Parthian ʾdyʾwr (/⁠aδyāwar⁠/, “helper, friend”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? yāwar
Dari reading? yāwar
Iranian reading? yâvar
Tajik reading? yovar

Noun

یاور • (yāwar / yâvar) (Tajik spelling ёвар)

  1. (literary) assistant
    یاور بی‌پناهان
    yâvar-e bi-panâhân
    succor to the shelterless
  2. (obsolete) police officer
  3. (obsolete) major (military)

Derived terms

  • یار و یاور (yâr-o-yâvar)
  • یاوری (yâvari)

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: yavər
  • → Urdu: یاور (yāor)
  • → Turkish: yaver

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یاور (yāwar).

Pronunciation

Noun

یاوَر • (yāvar) m (Hindi spelling यावर)

  1. assistant, companion, friend, helper
  2. fortunate, successful

References

  • “یاور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “یاور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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