پروا

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See also: تروا

Persian

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be attested in any etymological dictionaries. This almost seems like Proto-Indo-European *peri (around) + Proto-Iranian *was- (to want, wish), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (to wish) (but the final "s" is missing).”

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? parwā
Dari reading? parwā
Iranian reading? parvâ
Tajik reading? parvo

Noun

Dari پروا
Iranian Persian
Tajik парво

پروا (parvâ)

  1. fear, anxiety
    Synonyms: باک (bâk), بیم (bim), هراس (harâs)
  2. care, concern
    Synonyms: علاقه (alâqe), توجه (tavajjoh)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bengali: পরোয়া (porōẇa)
  • Hindi: परवाह (parvāh)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پروا (perva)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پروا (parwā).

Pronunciation

Noun

پروا (parvāf (Hindi spelling परवा)

  1. care, concern

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu پروا (parvā).

Noun

پروا (parvā)

  1. care, concern
  2. feeling, sensation