آبدار

Persian

Etymology

From آب (âb, “water”) +‎ دار (dâr, present stem of داشتن (dâštan, “to have”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːβ.ˈdɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːb.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːb.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔb.d̪ɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	āḇdār
Dari reading?	ābdār
Iranian reading?	âbdâr
Tajik reading?	obdor

Adjective

آبدار • (âbdâr)

1. juicy, succulent

   هندوانه آبدار ― hendevâne-ye âbdâr ― juicy watermelon

2. lustrous, shining (as if with water)

   شمشیر آبدار ― šamšir-e âbdâr ― lustrous sword

3. (figurative, of poetry) flowing, eloquent
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 79:

     این گفت و گو خوش است دلم را ولی بعشق
     خواهم ادا کنم غزلی آبدار هم

     īn guft u gū xwaš ast dilam rā walē ba-išq
     xwāham adā kunam ğazalē ābdār ham

     This conversation is dear to my heart, but out of love
     I shall also present an eloquent love song.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آبدار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim