هنجار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭤𐭭𐭰𐭠𐭥 (hanjār), from Parthian ʾnjʾr (anjār, “behaviour”). Akin to Old Armenian հանճար (hančar), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

هنجار • (hanjâr)

1. way, rule, law
2. habit, custom
3. norm

Derived terms

• بهنجار (behanjâr)

References

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