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Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š (fire, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter-) + *gar- (to kindle, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-).[1] Not found in Middle Persian; first attested in Daqīqī, in the mid-late 900s.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? axgar
Dari reading? axgar
Iranian reading? axgar
Tajik reading? axgar

Noun edit

اخگر (axgar)

  1. embers, hot charcoal
  2. spark of fire
    Synonym: شرار (šarâr)

References edit

  1. ^ Herzenberg, L. G. (2011) “Studies in Persian Etymology I”, in Colloquia Classica et Indogermanica: Studies in Classical Philology and Indo-European Languages, Saint Petersburg: Nauka