خواہر
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian خواهر (xʷāhar, “sister”).
Cognate with Baluchi گوہار (gohár) and Pashto خور (xowr).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑː.ɦəɾ/
Noun
[edit]خواہر • (xāhar) f (Hindi spelling ख़्वाहर)
Derived terms
[edit]- خواہَر زادی (xāhar-zādī, “niece”)
- خواہَرانَہ (xāharāna, “sisterly”)
References
[edit]- “خواہر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.