خواهر

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See also: خواہر and جواهر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (xwah(ar)), from Proto-Iranian *hwáhā (compare Northern Kurdish xwişk, xweh, خوشک (xuşk), Baluchi گوہار (gohár), Pashto خور (xowr), Ossetian хо (xo), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (xᵛaŋhar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swasar- (compare Sanskrit स्वसृ (svásṛ)), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (compare Armenian քույր (kʻuyr), Russian сестра́ (sestrá), Welsh chwaer, Latin soror, English sister).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xwāhar
Dari reading? xāhar
Iranian reading? xâhar
Tajik reading? xohar
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari خواهر
Iranian Persian
Tajik хоҳар

خواهر (xâhar) (plural خواهران (xâharân) or خواهرها (xâhar-hâ))

  1. sister
    Synonym: باجی (bâji)
  2. sissy

Inflection

    Basic forms of خواهر (xâhar)
singular plural
bare خواهر
(xâhár)
خواهران
(xâharấn)
خواهرا
(xâharấ)
definitive direct object خواهر را
(xâhár râ)
خواهر رو
(xâháro)
خواهران را
(xâharấn râ)
خواهرا رو
(xâharấ ro)
ezâfe خواهر
(xâhár-e)
خواهران
(xâharấn-e)
خواهرای
(xâharấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
خواهری
(xâhár-i)
خواهرانی
(xâharấn-i)
خواهرایی
(xâharấi)
Colloquial.
    Possessive forms of خواهر (xâhar)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
خواهرم
(xâháram)
خواهرانم
(xâharấnam)
خواهرام
(xâharấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
خواهرت
(xâhárat)

(xâháret)
خواهرانت
(xâharấnat)
خواهرات
(xâharất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
خواهرش
(xâháraš)

(xâháreš)
خواهرانش
(xâharấnaš)
خواهراش
(xâharấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
خواهرمان
(xâháremân)
خواهرمون
(xâháremun)
خواهرانمان
(xâharấnemân)
خواهرامون
(xâharấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
خواهرتان
(xâháretân)
خواهرتون
(xâháretun)
خواهرانتان
(xâharấnetân)
خواهراتون
(xâharấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
خواهرشان
(xâhárešân)
خواهرشون
(xâhárešun)
خواهرانشان
(xâharấnešân)
خواهراشون
(xâharấšun)
Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Urdu: خواہر (xāhar)

See also