شوفر

See also: شوفير

Persian

Alternative forms

• شوفور (šufor, šufur)

Etymology

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French chauffeurbor.

Persian شوفر

Borrowed from French chauffeur.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃuː.feɹ], [ʃuː.foɹ], [ʃow.feɹ], [ʃow.foɹ]

Readings
Iranian reading?	šufer, šufor, šowfer, šowfor

Noun

شوفر • (šufer) (Iran)

1. chauffeur (private driver)
2. (now chiefly informal, characteristic of Dezfuli and Abadani) driver (someone who drives a car)

   Synonym: راننده (rānanda / rânande)

Derived terms

• شوفِری (šuferi, “driving”)
  • شوفِری کَرْدَن (šuferi kardan, “to drive”)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “شوفر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• محمد معین [Mohammad-e Mo'in] (1972), “شوفر”, in Jafar Shahidi, editor, فرهنگ فارسی معین [Farhang-e Fârsi-ye Mo'in, Moin Persian Dictionary] (in Persian), Tehran: Amir Kabir Publishers.