یاور

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /jɑːˈwaɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /jɒːˈvæɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /jɔˈvaɾ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	یاور
Dari	یاور
Tajik	ёвар (yovar)

یاور • (yâvar)

(literary) assistant
(obsolete) police officer
(obsolete) major (military)

Derived terms

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

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: yavər
→ Urdu: یاور‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (yâvar)

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jɑː.ʋəɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /jɑː.ʋəɾ/

Noun

یاوَر • (yāvar) m (Hindi spelling यावर)

assistant, companion, friend, helper
fortunate, successful

References

“یاور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“یاور”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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