یاور

یاور

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɒːvæɾ/

Noun

Dari	یاور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ёвар (yovar)

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

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian یاور‎ (yâvar)

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 (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “یاور”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.