و غیره

Persian

Etymology

Probably a spelling pronunciation of Arabic وَغَيْرُهُ (waḡayruhu, literally “and other than it”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ɣaj.ˈɾah]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.ɢej.ɹé]

Readings
Classical reading?	wağayrah
Iranian reading?	vağeyre

Phrase

و غیره • (va ğeyre)

1. et cetera, and so forth

Descendants

• → Marathi: वगैरे (vagaire)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वग़ैरह (vaġairah)

  Urdu: وَغَیرَہْ (vaġairah)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “و غیره”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim