یارا

See also: يارا

Persian

Etymology 1

From the root of یاور (yâvar) (Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬬𐬀𐬭 (zāvar, “strength, power”)), according to Pokorny (1959, p. 399, s.v. "ĝeu-") from the same Indo-Iranian root as Sanskrit जु (ju, “be quick, hurry”) (see Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬬𐬍𐬱𐬙𐬫𐬀 (zəvīštya, “the quickest”), زود (zud, “quick, rapid”)).

In New Persian, it contracted to yâr, with semantic shift to “[military] force, support; helper, assistant; friend”. The vocative via addition of a particle â; the new verbal noun via the renewed derivation from the verb یارستن (yârastan, “have power, be able, be capable”).

Noun

یارا • (yârâ)

1. vocative singular of یار

Noun

یارا • (yârâ)

1. strength, power, ability

Etymology 2

A Turkic borrowing, compare Turkish yara (“wound”).

Noun

یارا • (yârâ)

1. (obsolete) wound

   Synonym: زخم (zaxm)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “یارا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1525