راهوار

Persian

Alternative forms

• رهوار (rahvâr) (poetic metrical variant)

Etymology

From راه (râh, “road”) +‎ ـوار (-vâr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾɑːh.ˈwɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːɦ.wɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːɦ.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑː.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔː.wɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːɦ.vɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔɦ.vɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāhwār
Dari reading?	rāhwār
Iranian reading?	râhvâr
Tajik reading?	rohvor

Adjective

راهوار • (râhvâr)

1. sauntering, ambling

Noun

راهوار • (râhvâr)

1. easy-paced horse; ambling horse
   • c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn]‎^[1]:

     چو زرد آمد سوی درگاه ویرو
     به پشت اسپ شد تا پیش شهرو
     نمازش برد و پوزش خواست بسیار
     که پیشت آمدم بر پشت رهوار

     čō zard āmad sōy-i dargāh-i wīrū
     ba pušt-i asp šud tā pēš-i šahrū
     namāz-aš burd u pōziš xwāst bisyār
     ki pēš-at āmadam bar pušt-i rahwār

     When Zard came towards the court of Vīrū,
     He came up to Shahrū on the back of a horse.
     He made his salutations, and many excuses:
     "I have come before you on the back of a sauntering steed."

     (Classical Persian transliteration)