स्वार

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سوار (sawār, “rider”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾswbʾl /⁠aswār⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /⁠asabāra-⁠/, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras. Compare Gujarati સવાર (savār), Kannada ಸವಾರ (savāra), Hindi सवार (savār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋaɾ/

Noun

स्वार • (svār) m

1. rider, horseman

Derived terms

• स्वारगेट (svārgeṭ, “a neighbourhood of Pune”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “स्वार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “स्वार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “स्वार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).