اندروا

Persian

Etymology 1

From earlier اَنْدَرْوَای (andarwāy), inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾndlwʾd /⁠andarwāy⁠/, “air, atmosphere”), from Proto-Iranian *HantárHwaHyúš, (whence Parthian 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾʾz), 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/, “atmosphere, sky”) > Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫀𐫗𐫅𐫡𐫇𐫀𐫉 (ʾndrwʾz /⁠andarwāz⁠/, “atmosphere, sky”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár +‎ *HwaHyúš; see each one for more.

By surface analysis, اندر (andar, “in”) +‎ وای (wāy / vây, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔan.dar.ˈwaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪æɹ.vɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.vɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	andarwā
Dari reading?	andarwā
Iranian reading?	andarvâ
Tajik reading?	andarvo

Noun

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

1. air

Adjective

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

1. bewildered, astonished
2. inverted, upside-down, hanging
3. in the air, between the earth and the sky

Alternative forms

• اَنْدَرْوَای (andarwāy), اَنْدَرْوَاه (andarwāh), اَنْدَرْبَای (andarbāy)
• اَنْدَرْوَاژ (andarwāž), اَنْدَرْوَاج (andarwāj)
• دَرْوَا (darwā), دَرْوَاه (darwāh), دَرْوَای (darwāy)

Derived terms

• اَنْدَرْوَایِی (andarwāyī, “bewilderedness, inverting”)
• (dialectal, Qayin) دل اندروا (dil andarwā / del andarvâ, “worried”)

Etymology 2

From earlier اَنْدَرْبَایِسْت (andarbāyist), form دَرْبَایِسْت (darbāyist), from دَرْبَایِسْتَن (darbāyistan, “to be needed”), from درـ (dar-) +‎ بایستن (bāyistan / bâyestan); see there for more.

By surface analysis, اندر (andar) +‎ وایه (wāya / vâye, “necessary”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔan.dar.ˈwaː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.wɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪æɹ.vɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪äɾ.vɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	andarwā
Dari reading?	andarwā
Iranian reading?	andarvâ
Tajik reading?	andarvo

Noun

اندروا • (andarwā) (Classical Persian, otherwise obsolete)

1. want, desire

Alternative forms

• اَنْدَرْوَای (andarwāy), اَنْدَرْوَاه (andarwāh), اَنْدَرْبَای (andarbāy)
• اَنْدَرْوَاژ (andarwāž), اَنْدَرْوَاج (andarwāj)
• دَرْوَا (darwā)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “اندروا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “اندروا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اندروا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “اندروا”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2025