پروا

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Persian

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be attested in any etymological dictionaries. This almost seems like Proto-Indo-European *peri (around) + Proto-Iranian *was- (to want, wish), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ- (to wish) (but the final "s" is missing).”

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? parwā
Dari reading? parwā
Iranian reading? parvâ
Tajik reading? parvo

Noun

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Dari پروا
Iranian Persian
Tajik парво

پروا (parvâ)

  1. fear, anxiety
    Synonyms: باک (bâk), بیم (bim), هراس (harâs)
  2. care, concern
    Synonyms: علاقه (alâqe), توجه (tavajjoh)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bengali: পরোয়া (porōẇa)
  • Hindi: परवाह (parvāh)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پروا (perva)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پروا (parwā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پروا (parvāf (Hindi spelling परवा)

  1. care, concern

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu پروا (parvā).

Noun

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پروا (parvā)

  1. care, concern
  2. feeling, sensation