هزار

See also: ہزار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hcʾl (/⁠hazār⁠/) (Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (hzʾr)), from Proto-Iranian *hajáhram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *saȷ́ʰásram, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-ǵʰéslom. Indo-Iranian cognates include Pashto زر (zër), Baluchi ہزار (hazár), Kurdish, Ossetian ӕрзӕ (ærzæ), and Sanskrit सहस्र (sa-hásra). Akin to Old Armenian հազար (hazar), a Middle Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈzɒːɾ/

Noun

Dari	هزار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳазор

هزار • (hezâr) (plural هزارها (hezâr-hâ))

1. thousand

Derived terms

• هزارپا (hezâr-pâ)
• هزاردستان (hezâr-dastân)
• هزارآوا (hezâr-âvâ)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: हज़ार (hazār)
  • Urdu: ہزار (hazār)
  • Bengali: হাজার (Hajar)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “hazār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 43