توانگری

Persian

Etymology

From توانگر (tovângar, “rich”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tu.wɑːn.ɡa.ˈɾiː], [ta.wɑːn.ɡa.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡä.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡä.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wɔːŋ.ɡä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.vɒːɲ.ɡʲæ.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.vɔŋ.ɡä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	tuwāngarī, tawāngarī
Dari reading?	tawāngarī
Iranian reading?	tavângari
Tajik reading?	tavongari

Noun

Dari	توانگری
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тавонгарӣ

توانگری • (tavângari)

1. riches, wealth

   Synonyms: ثروت, غنا, گنج

   چونکه‌ به توانگری‌ و حشمت‌ را ندرخواست‌ کردی‌ تا، لهذا حکمت‌ و معرفت‌ به‌ تو بخشیده‌ شد

   Because you did not covet riches nor pomp, wisdom and knowledge were thus granted to you

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “توانگری”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “توانگر”, 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 475b