سوار

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Arabic

سِوَار

Etymology

Though Fraenkel assumed that the Arabic word is genuine and not a loan, likely a perhaps early loan from a byform of Aramaic שֵׁירָא / ܫܶܐܪܳܐ (šērā), see the exposure at ش ج ر (š-j-r). Juxtapose قُلْب (qulb, bracelet) for a Syriac loan. Compare also دُمْلُوج (dumlūj).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِوَار (siwārm (plural أَسْوِرَة (ʔaswira) or أَسَاوِر (ʔasāwir))

  1. bracelet

Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “سوار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 374

Bulgar

Proper noun

سُوار (Suwâr)

  1. the clan of Suar

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 190-191
  • ibn Fadlan, Ahmad (921-922) Ramazan Şeşen, transl., Ibn Fadlan Seyahatnamesi [Travel Book of Ibn Fadlan] (in Turkish), 2022 edition, İstanbul: Yeditepe, published 2010, →ISBN, page 35, ٤٢

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾswbʾl, ʾsp̄wʾl (aswār, horseman, rider).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sawār
Dari reading? sawār
Iranian reading? savâr
Tajik reading? savor

Noun

سوار (sovâr, savâr) (plural سواران (sovâr, savârân))

  1. horseman, rider
  2. cavalryman
    پادشاه‌ ارابه‌ها و سواران‌ را جمع کرد.
    The king assembled cavalrymen and chariots
    • Abulfazl Bayhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyaz, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, page 73:
      حسن فرمود تا علامت بزرگ را پیشتر بردند و با سواران پختهٔ گزیده حمله افگند به‌فیروزی
      Hasan ordered to move the great emblem forward and attacked victoriously with hand-picked veteran cavalrymen.

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سوار (sawār, rider), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /⁠asabāra-⁠/, horseman), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras.

Noun

سوار (sawârm (Hindi spelling सवार)

  1. rider, horseman