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Persian
- رهوار (rahvâr) (poetic metrical variant)
Etymology
From راه (râh, “road”) + ـوار (-vâr).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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rāhwār
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Dari reading?
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rāhwār
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Iranian reading?
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râhvâr
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Tajik reading?
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rohvor
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Adjective
راهوار • (râhvâr)
- sauntering, ambling
Noun
راهوار • (râhvâr)
- easy-paced horse; ambling horse
c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]:چو زرد آمد سوی درگاه ویرو
به پشت اسپ شد تا پیش شهرو
نمازش برد و پوزش خواست بسیار
که پیشت آمدم بر پشت رهوار- čō zard āmad sōy-i dargāh-i wīrū
ba pušt-i asp šud tā pēš-i šahrū
namāz-aš burd u pōziš xwāst bisyār
ki pēš-at āmadam bar pušt-i rahwār - When Zard came towards the court of Vīrū,
He came up to Shahrū on the back of a horse.
He made his salutations, and many excuses:
"I have come before you on the back of a sauntering steed."