هوشیار

Persian

Alternative forms

• هشیار (hošyâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱𐭣𐭠𐭫 (ōšyār, “conscious”), a pre-Middle Persian compound equivalent to Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭱 (ōš, “consciousness, intellect”) + 𐭣𐭠𐭫 (dār, “having”), with a phonetic shift *ušiy-dar > *ušiy-yar > *ušiyar > ōšyār.

The first component is from Old Persian [script needed] (ušiy, “consciousness, intelligence”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (compare Northern Kurdish hiş), while the second component is from Middle Persian, from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *dar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar- (to hold, carry; to bear, support), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hoːʃ.ˈjɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hoːʃ.jɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hoːʃ.jɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔoːʃ.jɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔʊːʃ.jɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [huːʃ.jɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hɵʃ.jɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hōšyār
Dari reading?	hōšyār
Iranian reading?	hušyâr
Tajik reading?	hüšyor

Noun

Dari	هوشیار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳӯшёр

هوشیار • (hôšyâr)

1. aware, alert
2. intelligent
3. awake, conscious
4. clever, cunning
5. sober

Related terms

• باهوش (bâ-hôš)
• بی‌هوش (bê-hôš)
• هشیاری (hošyâri)
• بهوش (behôš)
• مدهوش (madhôš)
• هوشمند (hôšmand)

Proper noun

هوشیار • (hôšyâr)

1. a male given name.