وزر

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian [Term?]. Akin to Ossetian базыр (bazyr), Baluchi ‎ (bāzul, “wing”). Related to either Persian ‎ (bâl, “wing”) or Persian ‎ (bâzu, “arm”).

Noun

وزر • (wazár) m, plural وزرونه‎ (wazarúna) (Southern)

وزر • (wazár) f, plural وزرې‎ (wazáre) (Northern)

wing
fin, flipper
feather
Synonyms: بڼه‎ (bə́ṇa), پر‎ (par)
arm
Synonyms: مټ‎ (məṭ), بازو‎ (bāzu), لاس‎ (lās)
(figurative) parents, family and their support
cover of a book

References

Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), Elfenbein, J.; MacKenzie, D. N.; Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

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