Hawara

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English

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَارَة (hawāra) which in turn is from Demotic ḥw.t-wr.t (the great mansion), from Egyptian ḥwt (enclosure, mansion) + wrt (large, great).

Proper noun

Hawara

  1. A village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.

Noun

Hawara (plural Hawaras or Hawara)

  1. A member of an Amazigh tribe that settled in Egypt and was known for breeding horses and serving as cavalry.

Alternative forms

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Rotwelsch, from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Cognate with German Chawer and Dutch gabber. Not related with habern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑˑβɐrɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧be‧rer

Noun

Hawara m (plural Hawara)

  1. (Austria, Vienna) friend, close companion.
    • 1971, Wolfgang Teuschl, Da Jesus und seine Hawara:

Synonyms

German

Noun

Hawara m (strong, genitive Hawaras, plural Hawara)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of Haberer, representing an Austrian German pronunciation.