ایوار

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ایوار (ivâr, “evening”).

Noun

ایوار • (ivar or eyvar) (definite accusative ایواری (ivarı), plural ایوارلر (ivarlar))

1. afternoon, the part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime

   Synonym: ایكندی (ikindi)

Derived terms

• ایوار و شبگیر (ivar ve şebgir, “afternoon and early dawn”)
• نماز ایوار (namaz-ı ivar, “afternoon prayer”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ivar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ivar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2272
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “îvâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 566
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ایوار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 618
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایوار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 312

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.ˈwɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.wɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.wɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.wɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.vɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔi.vɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	īwār
Dari reading?	īwār
Iranian reading?	ivâr
Tajik reading?	ivor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

ایوار • (ivâr)

1. evening

   Synonym: عصر ('asr)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ایوار (ivar, eyvar)
  • Turkish: ivar