بیور

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

←  10	←  1,000	۱۰۰۰۰ 10,000	100,000  → [a], [b]	1,000,000 (106)  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: ده هزار (da hazâr), بیور (bēwar/bivar)

Alternative forms

• بیوار (bivâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 (bywr /⁠bēwar⁠/, “myriad, ten thousand”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *baywā́.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ˈwaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.wǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.vǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.vǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēwar
Dari reading?	bēwar
Iranian reading?	bivar
Tajik reading?	bevar

Noun

بیور • (bivar)

1. (now historical) myriad, ten thousand

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بیور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بیور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bēwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
• Horn, Paul (1893) “bēver”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 262, page 60