خواهر

See also: جواهر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (xwah(ar)), from Proto-Iranian *hwáhā (compare Kurdish xwişk, xweh, خوشک (xoshk), Baluchi گوہار (gohár), Pashto خور (xowr), Ossetian хо (xo), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (xᵛaŋhar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swasar- (compare Sanskrit स्वसृ (svásṛ)), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (compare Armenian քույր (kʿuyr), Russian сестра́ (sestrá), Welsh chwaer, Latin soror, English sister).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɒːhæɾ/
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  • (older version) IPA(key): /xʷɒːhæɾ/

Noun

Dari Persian خواهر
Iranian Persian خواهر
Tajiki Persian хоҳар (xohar)

خواهر (xâhar) (plural خواهران (xâharân) or خواهرها (xâhar-hâ))

  1. sister
  2. sissy

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Derived terms

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