خواہر

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian خواهر (xʷāhar, “sister”).

Cognate with Baluchi گوہار (gohár) and Pashto خور (xowr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑː.ɦəɾ/

Noun

خواہر • (xāhar) f (Hindi spelling ख़्वाहर)

1. sister

Derived terms

• خواہَر زادی (xāhar-zādī, “niece”)
• خواہَرانَہ (xāharāna, “sisterly”)

References

• “خواہر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.