خواہر

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian (xʷāhar, “sister”).

Cognate with Baluchi (gohár) and Pashto خور (xowr).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.ɦəɾ/

Noun

خواہر • (xāhar) f (Hindi spelling ख़्वाहर)

sister

Derived terms

خواہَر زادی (xāhar-zādī, “niece”)
خواہَرانَہ (xāharāna, “sisterly”)

References

“خواہر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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