واجار

Gilaki

Etymology

from Old Iranian *vahā-čarana (“market-walkabout”), from Proto-Iranian *wahā-čā̆rana- (“selling, traffic”). From Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”) (whence هین (hen, “to buy”)), and Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn, revolve”) (whence also چرسن (čaressen, “to wander”)) respectively.

Cognates with Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾčʾl /⁠wāzār⁠/, “market”), Semnani واژار (vāžār, “traditional open-roof Semnani bazaar, open market”), and possibly with Mazanderani واجار (vājār, “known, reveal”) (in the sense of revealing something to everyone in a bazaar).

Noun

واجار (vājār)

1. bazaar, market

   واجارگا ― vājārgā ― when/where a bazaar starts

   جورواجار ― jurvājār ― the upper part of a bazaar

   جیرواجار ― jirvājār ― the lower end of a bazaar

Synonyms

• هینگا (hengā) (from هین (hen, “to buy”), and گا (gā, “place”))

Mazanderani

Etymology

Perhaps developed from the original meaning of “bazaar”, in the sense revealing something to everyone in a crowded place such as a bazaar. Which would mean that it is from Old Iranian *vahā-čarana (“market-walkabout”), from Proto-Iranian *wahā-čā̆rana- (“selling, traffic”).

And also that it is akin to Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾčʾl /⁠wāzār⁠/, “market”), (whence Persian بازار (bâzâr)), Semnani واژار (vāžār, “traditional open-roof Semnani bazaar, open market”), and Gilaki واجار (vājār, “open market, bazaar”).

Another theory is that it is derived from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-, which would mean it is cognates with English voice, Persian آواز (âvâz), and Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬵 (vacah).

Noun

واجار (vājār)

1. known, famous

   واجار بویین ― vājār baviyen ― Become famous, become revealed

   واجار هاکردن ― vājār hakerden ― Reveal, show, represent, make famous