قواره

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُوَارَة (quwāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qaw.wɑː.ˈɾa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäw.wɑː.ɾǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäw.wɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäw.wɑː.ɾǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäw.wɔː.ɾǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.vɒː.ɹé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäw.vɔ.ɾǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qawwāra
Dari reading?	qawwāra
Iranian reading?	ğavâre
Tajik reading?	qavvora

Noun

قواره • (qavâre)

1. cut piece of cloth
2. (figurative) stature, figure (of a person)

Derived terms

• بدقواره (bad-qavâre)
• خوش‌قواره (xoš-qavâre)