Hawara

See also: hawara

English

Etymology

From Arabic هَوَارَة (hawāra) which in turn is from Demotic ḥw.t-wr.t (“the great mansion”).

Proper noun

Hawara

1. A village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.

Noun

Hawara (plural Hawaras or Hawara)

1. A member of an Amazigh tribe that settled in Egypt and was known for breeding horses and serving as cavalry.

Alternative forms

• Hawwarah

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Haberer

Etymology

From Rotwelsch, from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Cognate with German Chawer and Dutch gabber. Not related with habern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑˑβɐrɐ/
• Hyphenation: Ha‧be‧rer

Noun

Hawara m (plural Hawara)

1. (Austria, Vienna) friend, close companion.
   • 1971, Wolfgang Teuschl, Da Jesus und seine Hawara:

Synonyms

• Habschi

German

Noun

Hawara m (strong, genitive Hawaras, plural Hawara)

1. (rare) Alternative form of Haberer, representing an Austrian German pronunciation.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Hawara.