دشوار

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Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dwšw'l /⁠dušwār⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?]. By surface analysis, دش (duš-, bad) +‎ خوار (xvâr, easy; mean, abject), denoting the opposite of easy;[1] see Proto-Iranian *duš- (bad) for more on the prefix. Compare Old Armenian դժուար (džuar), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? dušwār
Dari reading? dušwār
Iranian reading? došvâr
Tajik reading? dušvor

Adjective[edit]

دشوار (došvâr) (comparative دشوارتَر (došvâr-tar), superlative دشوارتَرین (došvâr-tarin))

  1. difficult, hard
    Synonym: سخت (saxt)

Descendants[edit]

  • Azerbaijani: düşvar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 323