Hawara
See also: hawara
English
Etymology
From Arabic هَوَارَة (hawāra) which in turn is from Demotic Ḥw.t-wr.t (“the great mansion”).
Proper noun
Hawara
- A village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.
Noun
Hawara (plural Hawaras or Hawara)
- A member of an Amazigh tribe that settled in Egypt and was known for breeding horses and serving as cavalry.
Alternative forms
- Hawwarah
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- Haberer
Etymology
From Rotwelsch, from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Cognate with German Chawer and Dutch gabber. Not related with habern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɑˑβɐrɐ/
- Hyphenation: Ha‧be‧rer
Noun
Hawara m (plural Hawara)
- (Austria, Vienna) friend, close companion.
- 1971, Wolfgang Teuschl, Da Jesus und seine Hawara
Synonyms
- Habschi
German
Noun
Hawara m (strong, genitive Hawaras, plural Hawara)
- (rare) Alternative form of Haberer, representing an Austrian German pronunciation.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Hawara.