خاور

See also: جاور‎ and جاوز‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwlwlʾn' /xwarwarān/, “sunset, west”). Akin to Old Armenian խաւար (xawar); an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /xɑːwaɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /xɒːvæɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /xɔvaɾ/

Noun

خاور • (xâvar)

the east
(obsolete) the west
(obsolete) the sun

Synonyms

خاوران‎ (xâvarân)
شرق‎ (šarq)

Derived terms

خاورمیانه‎ (xâvar-e-miyâne)
خاوردور‎ (xâvar-e-dur)
خاورنزدیک‎ (xâvar-e-nazdik)
خاورخدای‎ (xâvar-xodây)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Xavər

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خاور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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