ابر
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ابر (abr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbl /abr/), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós. Doublet of આભ (ābha).
Noun edit
ابر • (abar) m (Standard Gujarati અબર) (Lisan ud-Dawat)
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbl), [script needed] (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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔaβɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæbɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäbɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | aḇr |
Dari reading? | abr |
Iranian reading? | abr |
Tajik reading? | abr |
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Noun edit
Dari | ابر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | абр |
ابر • (abr) (plural ابرها (abr-hâ))
Derived terms edit
- ابری (abri)
- ابر و باد (abr-o-bâd)
- ابرسازی (abr-sâzi)
- ابر چینی (abr-e čini)
- ابرناک (abrnâk)
- ابرک (abrak)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔa.βaɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæ.bæɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.bäɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | aḇar |
Dari reading? | abar |
Iranian reading? | abar |
Tajik reading? | abar |
Preposition edit
ابر • (abar)
Further reading edit
- 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[1] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 66a
Southwestern Fars edit
Noun edit
ابر (abr)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) cloud
Urdu edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian ابر (abr).
Noun edit
ابر • (abr) m (Hindi spelling अब्र)
Related terms edit
- ابری (abrī)
Etymology 2 edit
From ابل (abal), from Sanskrit [Term?].
Adjective edit
ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)
Etymology 3 edit
From اب (ab).
Adverb edit
ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)
Synonyms edit
- اب (ab)