خاور

See also: جاور and جاوز

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwlwlʾn' /⁠xwarwarān⁠/, “sunset, west”). Akin to Old Armenian խաւար (xawar); an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

خاور • (xâvar)

1. the east
2. (obsolete) the west
3. (obsolete) the sun

Synonyms

• خاوران (xâvarân)
• شرق (šarq)

Derived terms

• خاورمیانه (xâvar-e-miyâne)
• خاوردور (xâvar-e-dur)
• خاورنزدیک (xâvar-e-nazdik)
• خاورخدای (xâvar-xodây)

References

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