یاور

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jɑː.wǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [jɑː.wǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [jɔː.wǽɾ]

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

Noun
Dari یاور
Iranian Persian
Tajik ёвар

یاور • (yâvar)

  1. (literary) assistant
  2. (obsolete) police officer
  3. (obsolete) major (military)

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

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, 2024.
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