وزر
Pashto
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian [Term?]. Akin to Ossetian базыр (bazyr), Baluchi بازل (bāzul, “wing”). Related to either Persian بال (bâl, “wing”) or Persian بازو (bâzu, “arm”).
Noun
وزر • (wazár) m (plural وزرونه (wazarúna)) (Southern)
وزر • (wazár) f (plural وزرې (wazáre)) (Northern)
- wing
- fin, flipper
- feather
- Synonyms: بڼه (bə́ṇa), پر (par)
- arm
- Synonyms: مټ (məṭ), بازو (bāzu), لاس (lās)
- (figuratively) parents, family and their support
- cover of a book
References
- Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), Elfenbein, J.; MacKenzie, D. N.; Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN