آبشار

See also: أبشار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭡𐭱𐭠𐭥 (ābšār), equivalent to آب (âb, “water”) +‎ شار (šâr, “pour”), see شاریدن (šâridan) for the second part. Compare Northern Kurdish avşirr, daşirr (“toilet”).

Pronunciation

Dari	آبشار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	обшор

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːβ.ʃɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.ʃɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.ʃɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.ʃɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːb.ʃɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːb.ʃɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔb.ʃɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇšār
Dari reading?	ābšār
Iranian reading?	âbšâr
Tajik reading?	obšor

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

آبشار • (âbšâr) (plural آبشارها (âbšâr-hâ))

1. waterfall
   • c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 17”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     نگسلد فریاد مرغان چمن از یکدگر
     روز و شب از تردماغی چون صدای آبشار

     na-gusilad faryād-i murğān-i čaman az yakdigar
     rōz u šab az tardimāğī čūn sadā-yi ābšār

     The cries of the meadow nightingales do not separate from each other
     Out of mirth day and night, like the sound of the waterfall.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: આબશાર (ābaśār)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آبشار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبشار (ābšār).

Noun

آبشار • (ābśār) ? (Devanagari आबशार)

1. waterfall
2. cascade

Related terms

• آب (ābu)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبشار (ābšār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːb.ʃɑːɾ/

Noun

آبشار • (ābśār) f (Hindi spelling आबशार)

1. waterfall
2. cascade