آواره

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.wɑː.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.wɑː.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.wɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.wɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.wɔː.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.vɒː.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.vɔ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āwāra
Dari reading?	āwāra
Iranian reading?	âvâre
Tajik reading?	ovora

Noun

آواره • (âvâre)

1. account-book; computation;
2. certainty, assuredness;
3. lost, annihilated;
4. ruined; scattered;
5. destitute of name or character;
6. an exile, outcast, vagabond, vagrant;
7. iron filings;
8. oppression, injustice;
9. bane, ruin, desolation

Derived terms

• آورای (âvâri)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: avara
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आवारा (āvārā)

  Urdu: آوارَہ (āvāra)

• → Ottoman Turkish: آوارہ
  • Turkish: (standard) avare, (regional) avara
  • → Laz: ავარა (avara)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਵਾਰਾ (avārā)

  Shahmukhi script: آوارہ (avārā)

• → Talysh: avərə, ovərə
• → Uzbek: ovora

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “آوراه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul