یاور

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Parthian ʾdyʾwr (/⁠aδyāwar⁠/, “helper, friend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jɑː.ˈwaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.wǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.wǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.wǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.wǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jɒː.vǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jɔ.vǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	yāwar
Dari reading?	yāwar
Iranian reading?	yâvar
Tajik reading?	yovar

Noun

Dari	یاور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ёвар

یاور • (yâvar)

1. (literary) assistant
2. (obsolete) police officer
3. (obsolete) major (military)

Derived terms

• یاوری (yâvari)
• یار و یاور (yâr-o-yâvar)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: yavər
• → Urdu: یاور (yāor)
• → Turkish: yaver

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یاور (yāwar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jɑː.ʋəɾ/

Noun

یاوَر • (yāvar) m (Hindi spelling यावर)

1. assistant, companion, friend, helper
2. fortunate, successful

References

• “یاور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یاور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.