𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐎠𐎿 (asa, “horse”) +‎ 𐎲𐎠𐎼 (bāra-, “carried by, rider”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. See also Ասպուրակէս (Aspurakēs).

Noun

𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /asabāra/)

horseman

Descendants

Middle Persian: ʾswbʾl, ʾsp̄wʾl (aswār)
- Classical Persian: سوار‎ (suwār)
  - Persian: سوار‎ (sovâr, savâr)
    - → Hindi: सवार (savār)
      - → English: sowar
    - → Urdu: سوار‎
  - Tajik: савор (savor)
  - → Gurani: سوار‎ (swār), سوارە‎ (swāra)
  - → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: siwar
    
    Central Kurdish: سوار‎ (swar)
    
    Southern Kurdish: سووار‎ (suwār)
- → Arabic: أُسْوَار‎ (ʾuswār), إِسْوَار‎ (ʾiswār), الأَسَاوِرَة‎ pl (al-ʾasāwira), الأَسَاوِر‎ pl (al-ʾasāwir), الأَسَاوِيرَات‎ pl (al-ʾasāwīrāt)
  - → Persian: اسوار‎ (osvâr, esvâr), اساوره‎ (asâvere), اساور‎ (asâver)
- → Bactrian: ασβαρο (asbaro)
- → Persian: اسوار‎ (asvâr), اسواران‎ pl (Asvârân)
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܘܪ‎ (eswār)
- → Old Gujarati: असवार
  - Gujarati: અસવાર (asavār)
→ Parthian: 𐭀𐭎𐭁𐭓𐭉‎ (ʾsbry)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “aswār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 13
Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 173b
Prods Oktor Skjaervo (December 15, 1987), "ASWĀR", Encyclopædia Iranica

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