اندروا

Persian

Alternative forms

  • اَنْدَرْوَای (andarwāy), اَنْدَرْوَاه (andarwāh), اَنْدَرْبَای (andarbāy)
  • اَنْدَرْوَاژ (andarwāž), اَنْدَرْوَاج (andarwāj)
  • دَرْوَا (darwā)

Etymology 1

From earlier اَنْدَرْوَای (andarwāy), inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾndlwʾd /⁠andarwāy⁠/, “air, atmosphere”), from Proto-Iranian *HantárHwaHyúš, (whence Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾʾz), 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/, “atmosphere, sky”) > Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/, “atmosphere, sky”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár +‎ *HwaHyúš; see each one for more.

By surface analysis, اندر (andar, “in”) +‎ وای (wāy / vây, “air”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? andarwā

Noun

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, otherwise obsolete)

  1. air

Adjective

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, otherwise obsolete)

  1. bewildered, astonished
  2. inverted, upside-down, hanging
  3. in the air, between the earth and the sky

Proper noun

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, otherwise obsolete)

  1. Vayu, an angel in Indo-Iranian mythology believed to guard the air and wind
    Synonym: وایو (wāyu / vâyo)

Derived terms

  • اَنْدَرْوَایِی (andarwāyī, “bewilderedness, inverting”)
  • (dialectal, Bafq) دل اندروا (dil andarwā / del andarvâ, “worried”)

Etymology 2

From earlier اَنْدَرْبَایِسْت (andarbāyist), form دَرْبَایِسْت (darbāyist), from دَرْبَایِسْتَن (darbāyistan, “to be needed”), from درـ (dar-) +‎ بایستن (bāyistan / bâyestan); see there for more.

By surface analysis, اندر (andar) +‎ وایه (wāya / vâye, “necessary”).

Noun

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, otherwise obsolete)

  1. want, desire

Further reading

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