ـوار

Persian

Alternative forms

ـواری (-wārī / -vâri), ـواره (-wāra / -vâre)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (-wʾl /⁠-wār⁠/).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wār
Dari reading^?	wār
Iranian reading^?	vâr
Tajik reading^?	vor

Suffix

ـوار • (-wār / -vâr) (no longer productive)

used to create adjectives denoting a specific quality or characteristic
used to create adverbs denoting a specific quality or characteristic
when suffixed to an animal's name, denotes the amount the animal could carry

Usage notes

Although written joined to most words ending in a consonant, prescribed by the APLL to take a ZWNJ for joining letters and no space for non-joining letters, expect for these words, which join:

بزرگوار (buzurgwār / bozorgvâr), خانوار (xānawār / xânevâr), راهوار (rāhwār / râhvâr) / رهوار (rahwār / rahvâr), سوگوار (sōgwār / sugvâr), شاهوار (šāhwār / šâhvâr) / شهوار (šahwār / šahvâr), عیالوار (ayālwār / ayâlvâr), گوشوار (gōšwār / gušvâr), ماهوار (māhwār / mâhvâr)

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـوار

واری (wārē or wārī)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: -vari
→ Khalaj: -vâra
→ Ottoman Turkish: ـواری (-vari)
- → Turkish: -vari

References

^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007), Introduction to Pahlavi, Cambridge, page 118

[1] Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007), Introduction to Pahlavi, Cambridge, page 118

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