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)
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 31:
      چون نباشد عشق را پروای او
      او چو مرغی ماند بی‌‌پر، وای او
      čōn na-bāšad išq rā parwā-yi ō
      ō čō murğē mānad bē parr wāy-i ō
      When Love hath no care for him, he is left as a bird without wings. Alas for him then!

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پروا (parwā).

Pronunciation

Noun

پروا • (parvā) f (Hindi spelling परवा)

  1. care, concern

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu پروا (parvā).

Noun

پروا (parvā)

  1. care, concern
  2. feeling, sensation
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