بیور

Persian

**Persian numbers ^(edit)**
← 10	← 1,000	۱۰۰۰۰ 10,000	100,000 → ^{[a], [b]}	1,000,000 (10⁶) → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: ده هزار (da hazâr), بیور (bēwar/bivar)

Alternative forms

بیوار (bivâr)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *baywáram

Old Persian *baivaram

Middle Persian 𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 (bywr /⁠bēwar⁠/)

Persian

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫁𐫏𐫇𐫡 (bywr /⁠bēwar⁠/), from Old Persian *baivaram, from Proto-Iranian *baywáram (accusative of *baywā́).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beː.ˈwar/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.wáɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.wáɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.wáɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.vǽɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.váɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bēwar
Dari reading^?	bēwar
Iranian reading^?	bivar
Tajik reading^?	bevar

Noun

بیور • (bēwar / bivar) (Tajik spelling бевар)

(now historical) myriad, ten thousand
- c. 977-1010, ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی [Abu l-Qāsim Firdawsi Tūsi], “Jamshid”, in Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, transl., شاهنامه [šāhnāma, Shahnameh]‎^[1], published 1905, The Story of Zahhák and his Father:
  همان بیوراسپ همی خوندند
  چنین نام بر پهلوی راندند
  کجا بیور از پهلوانی شمار
  بود بر زبان دری ده هزار
  اسپان تازی بزرین ستام
  ورا بود بیور چو بردند نام
  [translit?]
  People called him Bíwarasp. Ten thousand is "bíwar" in ancient Persian,
  And he possessed ten thousand Arab steeds
  With golden equipage—a famous stud.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

بیوراسب (bivar-asp)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بیور”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “بیور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bēwar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18
Horn, Paul (1893), “bēver”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 262, page 60