وقار
Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *waqar- (“to be heavy or weighty; a tree laden with fruits; to be honorable or to hold weight in value”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *waqar-; compare Egyptian jqr (“excellent, worthy”) and Hebrew יָקָר (“expensive, dear, precious”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editPersian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [wa.ˈqɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væ.ʁɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [vä.qɔ́ɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | waqār |
Dari reading? | waqār |
Iranian reading? | vağâr |
Tajik reading? | vaqor |
Noun
editوقار • (vaqâr)
- dignity, grandeur, majesty
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 80:
- ناگفته یک سخن دل و جان صید میکنی
ای ناز و دلبری بتو لایق وقار هم- nāgufta yak suxan dil u jān sayd mēkunī
ay nāz u dilbarē ba-tō lāyiq-i waqār ham - The heart has not uttered a word and you are hunting the soul,
O you by whom even flirting and heart-capturing become worthy of dignity!
- nāgufta yak suxan dil u jān sayd mēkunī
Further reading
edit- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “وقار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.qɑːɾ/
Noun
editوَقار • (vaqār) m (Hindi spelling वक़ार)
References
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