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

Inflection
basic forms of خواهر
singular plural
bare خواهر (xâhár) خواهران (xâharấn)
خواهرا (xâharấ) (colloquial)
definitive direct object خواهر را (xâhár râ)
خواهر رو (xâháro) (colloquial)		 خواهران را (xâharấn râ)
خواهرا رو (xâharấ ro) (colloquial)
ezâfé خواهر (xâhár-e) خواهران (xâharấn-e)
خواهرای (xâharấ-ye) (colloquial)
marked indefinite,
relative definite		 خواهری (xâhár-i) خواهرانی (xâharấn-i)
خواهرایی (xâharấi) (colloquial)
possessive forms of خواهر‎
singular plural
1st person singular (my) خواهرم (xâháram) خواهرانم (xâharấnam)
خواهرام (xâharấm) (colloquial)
2nd person singular (your) خواهرت (xâhárat)
(xâháret) (colloquial)		 خواهرانت (xâharấnat)
خواهرات (xâharất) (colloquial)
3rd person singular (his/her/its) خواهرش (xâháraš)
(xâháreš) (colloquial)		 خواهرانش (xâharấnaš)
خواهراش (xâharấš) (colloquial)
1st person plural (our) خواهرمان (xâháremân)
خواهرمون (xâháremun) (colloquial)		 خواهرانمان (xâharấnemân)
خواهرامون (xâharấmun) (colloquial)
2nd person plural (your) خواهرتان (xâháretân)
خواهرتون (xâháretun) (colloquial)		 خواهرانتان (xâharấnetân)
خواهراتون (xâharấtun) (colloquial)
3rd person plural (their) خواهرشان (xâhárešân)
خواهرشون (xâhárešun) (colloquial)		 خواهرانشان (xâharấnešân)
خواهراشون (xâharấšun) (colloquial)

Derived terms
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