ابر

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See also: أبر, إثر, آثر, أتر, اتر, أثر, and اثر

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابر (abr), from Middle Persian (ʾbl /⁠abr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós. Doublet of આભ (ābha).

Noun

ابر • (abar) m (Standard Gujarati અબર) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: وادل (vādal)

Persian

Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian (ʾbl), (ʾp̄l /⁠abr⁠/, “cloud”), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (aβra), Sanskrit अभ्र (abhra), Latin imber and Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? aḇr
Dari reading? abr
Iranian reading? abr
Tajik reading? abr
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Noun

Dari ابر
Iranian Persian
Tajik абр

ابر • (abr) (plural ابرها (abr-hâ))

  1. cloud
  2. a branch of Persian miniature
  3. sponge (a piece of porous material used for washing)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: əbr
  • → Bengali: আবর (abor)
  • → Hindi: अब्र (abr)
  • → Urdu: ابر (abr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬 (mdm /⁠abar⁠/) (whence also بر (bar)), from Proto-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upér.

Cognates include English over, Latin super (whence English super), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Old Armenian վեր (ver), German über, Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upairi).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? aḇar
Dari reading? abar
Iranian reading? abar
Tajik reading? abar

Preposition

ابر • (abar)

  1. A prefix roughly equivalent to English super-, English over-
    ابر (abar, “super”) + قدرت (qodrat, “power”) = ابرقدرت (abarqodrat, “superpower”)
    ابر (abar, “super”) + نواختر (now-axtar, “nova”) = ابرنواختر (abarnowaxtar, “supernova”)

Further reading

  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “ابر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 66a

Southwestern Fars

Noun

ابر (abr)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) cloud

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابر (abr).

Noun

ابر • (abr) m (Hindi spelling अब्र)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: بادل (bādal)

Etymology 2

From ابل (abal), from Sanskrit .

Adjective

ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)

  1. weak

Etymology 3

From اب (ab).

Adverb

ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)

  1. now
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