ابزار

See also: ابراز

Persian

Alternative forms

• افزار (afzār / afzâr)
• ابزال (abzāl) (Transoxania)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄cʾl, ʾp̄zʾl /⁠abzār⁠/, “instrument, means; spice”). See Old Armenian օճառ (ōčaṙ) for more. Doublet of آچار (āčār, “pickle; marinade”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔab.ˈzaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.zɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.zɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.zɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.zɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæb.zɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäb.zɔ́ɾ]

• Rhymes: -aːr

Readings
Classical reading?	abzār
Dari reading?	abzār
Iranian reading?	abzâr
Tajik reading?	abzor

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

ابزار • (abzār / abzâr) (Tajik spelling абзор)

1. tool, instrument, implement

   شامپانزه‌ها برای شکار از ابزار استفاده می‌کنند.

   šâmpânze-hâ barâ-ye šekâr az abzâr estefâde mi-konand.

   Chimpanzees use tools to hunt.

Descendants

• Hebrew: אַבְזָר (avzár, “accessory”)
• → Turkmen: abzal

Further reading

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 4