خاور

See also: جاور and جاوز

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (xvarōfrān /⁠xwarwarān⁠/, “east”). Akin to Old Armenian խաւար (xawar); an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.waɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.wäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.wäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.wäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.wäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.væɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.väɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāwar
Dari reading?	xāwar
Iranian reading?	xâvar
Tajik reading?	xovar

Noun

خاور • (xâvar)

1. the east

Synonyms

• خاوران (xâvarân)
• شرق (šarq)

Derived terms

• خاورمیانه (xâvar-e-miyâne)
• خاوردور (xâvar-e-dur)
• خاورنزدیک (xâvar-e-nazdik)
• خاورخدای (xâvar-xodây)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Xavər
• → Gujarati: ખાવર (khāvar)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul