سوار

Arabic

سِوَار

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܶܐܪܳܐ (sērā), but even Fraenkel assumes that the Arabic word is genuine and not a loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.waːr/

Noun

سِوَار • (siwār) m (plural أَسْوِرَة (ʔaswira) or أَسَاوِر (ʔasāwir))

1. bracelet

Declension

Declension of noun سِوَار (siwār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِوَار siwār	السِّوَار as-siwār	سِوَار siwār
Nominative	سِوَارٌ siwārun	السِّوَارُ as-siwāru	سِوَارُ siwāru
Accusative	سِوَارًا siwāran	السِّوَارَ as-siwāra	سِوَارَ siwāra
Genitive	سِوَارٍ siwārin	السِّوَارِ as-siwāri	سِوَارِ siwāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِوَارَيْن siwārayn	السِّوَارَيْن as-siwārayn	سِوَارَيْ siwāray
Nominative	سِوَارَانِ siwārāni	السِّوَارَانِ as-siwārāni	سِوَارَا siwārā
Accusative	سِوَارَيْنِ siwārayni	السِّوَارَيْنِ as-siwārayni	سِوَارَيْ siwāray
Genitive	سِوَارَيْنِ siwārayni	السِّوَارَيْنِ as-siwārayni	سِوَارَيْ siwāray
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْوِرَة‎; أَسَاوِر ʔaswira‎; ʔasāwir	الْأَسْوِرَة‎; الْأَسَاوِر al-ʔaswira‎; al-ʔasāwir	أَسْوِرَة‎; أَسَاوِر ʔaswirat‎; ʔasāwir
Nominative	أَسْوِرَةٌ‎; أَسَاوِرُ ʔaswiratun‎; ʔasāwiru	الْأَسْوِرَةُ‎; الْأَسَاوِرُ al-ʔaswiratu‎; al-ʔasāwiru	أَسْوِرَةُ‎; أَسَاوِرُ ʔaswiratu‎; ʔasāwiru
Accusative	أَسْوِرَةً‎; أَسَاوِرَ ʔaswiratan‎; ʔasāwira	الْأَسْوِرَةَ‎; الْأَسَاوِرَ al-ʔaswirata‎; al-ʔasāwira	أَسْوِرَةَ‎; أَسَاوِرَ ʔaswirata‎; ʔasāwira
Genitive	أَسْوِرَةٍ‎; أَسَاوِرَ ʔaswiratin‎; ʔasāwira	الْأَسْوِرَةِ‎; الْأَسَاوِرِ al-ʔaswirati‎; al-ʔasāwiri	أَسْوِرَةِ‎; أَسَاوِرِ ʔaswirati‎; ʔasāwiri

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سوار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 374

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾswbʾl, ʾsp̄wʾl (aswār, “horseman, rider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sæˈvɒːɾ]

Noun

سوار • (sovâr, savâr) (plural سواران (sovâr, savârân))

1. horseman, rider

   پادشاه‌ ارابه‌ها و سواران‌ جمع‌ كرده

   The king assembled horsemen and chariots

Synonyms

• سواره (savâre)

Antonyms

• پیاده (piyâde)

Descendants

• Hindi: सवार (savār)
  • English: sowar
• Urdu: سوار (savār)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سوار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “aswār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 13

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian سوار (savâr, “rider”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (asabāra-, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras.

Noun

سوار • (sawâr) m (Hindi spelling सवार)

1. rider, horseman