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آبدار

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Persian

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Etymology

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From آب (âb, water) +‎ دار (dâr, present stem of داشتن (dâštan, to have)).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āḇdār
Dari reading? ābdār
Iranian reading? âbdâr
Tajik reading? obdor

Adjective

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آبدار (âbdâr)

  1. juicy, succulent
    هندوانه آبدارhendevâne-ye âbdârjuicy watermelon
  2. lustrous, shining (as if with water)
    شمشیر آبدارšamšir-e âbdârlustrous sword
  3. (figurative, of poetry) flowing, eloquent
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 79:
      این گفت و گو خوش است دلم را ولی بعشق
      خواهم ادا کنم غزلی آبدار هم
      īn guft u gū xwaš ast dilam rā walē ba-išq
      xwāham adā kunam ğazalē ābdār ham
      This conversation is dear to my heart, but out of love
      I shall also present an eloquent love song.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

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