خواربار

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾlbʾl /⁠xwārbār⁠/, food and drink), a compound of [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾl /⁠xwār⁠/, food) +‎ [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾl /⁠bār⁠/, fruit); compare Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫟𐫇𐫀𐫡 𐫀𐫇𐫅 𐫁𐫀𐫡 (xwʾr ʾwd bʾr /⁠xwār ud bār⁠/, food of all kinds). Akin to Old Armenian խորբար (xorbar), Old Georgian ხუარბალი (xuarbali), Georgian ხორბალი (xorbali), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xwārbār
Dari reading? xārbār
Iranian reading? xârbâr
Tajik reading? xorbor

Noun

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خواربار (xvârbâr)

  1. food; provisions
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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խորբալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 406–407
  • Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 365b
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خواربار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume I, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 746
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95
  • Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “խօրպար”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 210b
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوربار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 483