ابر

See also: أبر‎, إثر‎, آثر‎, أتر‎, اتر‎, أثر‎, and اثر‎

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ابر‎ (abr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbl /abr/), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós. Doublet of આભ (ābha).

Noun

ابر • (abar) m (Standard Gujarati અબર) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: وادل (vādal)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbl), [script needed] (ʾp̄l /abr/, “cloud”), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós.

Pronunciation

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Noun
Dari ابر
Iranian Persian
Tajik абр (abr)

ابر • (abr) (plural ابرها‎ (abr-hâ))

  1. cloud
  2. a branch of Persian miniature
  3. sponge (a piece of porous material used for washing)
Derived terms
  • ابری‎ (abri)
  • ابر و باد‎ (abr-o-bâd)
  • ابرسازی‎ (abr-sâzi)
  • ابر چینی‎ (abr-e čini)
  • ابرناک‎ (abrnâk)
  • ابرک‎ (abrak)
Descendants
  • → Bengali: আবর (abor)
  • → Hindi: अब्र (abra)
  • → Urdu: ابر‎ (abr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬‎ (mdm /abar/) (whence also بر‎ (bar)), from Proto-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upér.

Cognates include English over, Latin super (whence English super), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Old Armenian վեր (ver), German über, Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌‎ (upairi).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /abaɾ/

Preposition

ابر • (abar)

  1. A prefix roughly equivalent to English super-, English over-
    ابر‎ (abar, “super”) + قدرت‎ (qodrat, “power”) = ابرقدرت‎ (abarqodrat, “superpower”)

Further reading
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855), “ابر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 66a

Southwestern Fars

Noun

ابر (abr)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) cloud

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ابر‎ (abr).

Noun

ابر • (abr) m (Hindi spelling अब्र)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: بادل‎ (bādal)

Etymology 2

From ابل‎ (abal), from Sanskrit [Term?].

Adjective

ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)

  1. weak

Etymology 3

From اب‎ (ab).

Adverb

ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)

  1. now
Synonyms
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