dovar

See also: dövar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin dēbēre, present active infinitive of dēbeō. Compare Italian dovere, French devoir.

Verb

dovar

1. to have to; must

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dóvar m pl (definite plural dóvarne)

1. (obsolete, plural only) brothers-in-law, men married to one's sisters

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tabar. Cognate with Turkish davar.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [tovɨr]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [towɑr]

Noun

dovar

1. satins, fabric

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tovyr”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 521
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dowar”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 81
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dovar”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 91