توانگر

Persian

Alternative forms

• تونگر (tovangar)

Etymology

From توان (tovân) +‎ ـگر (-gar).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tu.wɑːn.ˈɡaɾ], [ta.wɑːn.ˈɡaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɔːŋ.ɡǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.vɒːɲ.ɡʲǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.vɔŋ.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tuwāngar, tawāngar
Dari reading?	tawāngar
Iranian reading?	tavângar
Tajik reading?	tavongar

Adjective

توانگر • (tavângar) (comparative توانگرتَر (tavângar-tar), superlative توانگرتَرین (tavângar-tarin))

1. rich

   Antonym: درویش (darvêš)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “توانگر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Minorsky, Vladimir (1955) “Addenda to the Ḥudūd al-ʕĀlam”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, →DOI, page 257
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “توانگر”, 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^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 475b
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “تونگر”, 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^[3] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 483a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[4] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 251a