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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭡𐭱𐭠𐭥 (ābšār), equivalent to آب (âb, “water”) + شار (šâr, “pour”), see شاریدن (šâridan) for the second part. Compare Northern Kurdish avşirr, daşirr (“toilet”).
Pronunciation
Dari
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آبشار
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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обшор
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Readings
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Classical reading?
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āḇšār
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Dari reading?
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ābšār
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Iranian reading?
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âbšâr
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Tajik reading?
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obšor
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Noun
آبشار • (âbšâr) (plural آبشارها (âbšâr-hâ))
- waterfall
c. 1670, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “Ghazal 17”, in دیوان [Dīvān]:نگسلد فریاد مرغان چمن از یکدگر
روز و شب از تردماغی چون صدای آبشار- na-gusilad faryād-i murğān-i čaman az yakdigar
rōz u šab az tardimāğī čūn sadā-yi ābšār - The cries of the meadow nightingales do not separate from each other
Out of mirth day and night, like the sound of the waterfall.
Descendants
- → Gujarati: આબશાર (ābaśār)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آبشار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آبشار (ābšār).
Noun
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- waterfall
- cascade
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian آبشار (ābšār).
Pronunciation
Noun
آبشار • (ābśār) f (Hindi spelling आबशार)
- waterfall
- cascade