راهوار
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- رهوار (rehvar)
- րահվար (rahvar), րէհվար (rehvar) — Armeno-Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian راهوار (rāhwār).
Adjective
راهوار • (rahvar)
- alternative form of راهوان (rahvan). pleasant for the road, ambling (of a horse)
- fast, swift (of a horse)
- سمند رهوار ― semendi rehvar ― very fast horse
Noun
راهوار • (rahvar)
- alternative form of راهوان (rahvan, “amble; ambling horse”)
- traveller, wayfarer
- Synonym: راهبان (rahban)
- 1757, Յակոբ Նալեան [Yakob Nalean], Գիրք կոչեցեալ Զէն հոգևոր [Girkʻ kočʻecʻeal Zēn hogewor, Spiritual defense], Constantinople: Yovhannēs Astuacatrean Press, page 104:
- […] վէ պիրի քի՝ ֆիքրին գանունի միւճէպինճէ, րուհին զարար ու զիեանին սէչէր պիրիպիրիսինտէն, վէ զիքրինէ տօղրուճա րէհվար օլուր, վէ տօղրուտէն ղայրի՝ պիր շէյէ մէյիլ վիրմէ՛զ վէ իթմէզ։ (Armeno-Turkish)
- […] ve biri ki, fikrin kanuni mücebince, ruhin zarar u ziyanin seçer biribirisinden, ve zikrine doğruca rehvar olur, ve doğruden ğayri, bir şeye meyil virméz ve itmez.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1757, Յակոբ Նալեան [Yakob Nalean], Գիրք կոչեցեալ Զէն հոգևոր [Girkʻ kočʻecʻeal Zēn hogewor, Spiritual defense], Constantinople: Yovhannēs Astuacatrean Press, page 123:
- Իճթինապլէ կէ՛լ գազատէն էմին օլ.
խալիլ կիպի իւզի եէրտէ զէմին օլ։
Սէլամէթ րահ իսթէր իսէն ալէմտէ,
իհթիրազ տիր սանա րահվար պու պապտէ։ (Armeno-Turkish)- İctinable gél kazaden emin ol.
halil gibi üzi yerde zemin ol.
Selamet rah ister isen alemde,
ihtiraz dir sana rahvar bu babde. - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- İctinable gél kazaden emin ol.
References
- Redhouse (1890), page 960b: “راهوار”
- Meninski Lexicon, columns 2398f.: “رهوار”, column 2268: “راهوار”
- Çağbayır OTK, page 3933b: “rahvar”, page 3951b: “rehvar”
- Pozačean (1841), page 925a: “րահվար”
- Nalean (1757), page 410: “րահվար”
Persian
Alternative forms
- رهوار (rahvâr) (poetic metrical variant)
Etymology
From راه (râh, “road”) + ـوار (-vâr).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /raːh.ˈwaːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [rɑːɦ.wɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹɒːɦ.vɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɔɦ.vɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rāhwār |
| Dari reading? | rāhwār |
| Iranian reading? | râhvâr |
| Tajik reading? | rohvor |
Adjective
راهوار • (rāhwār / râhvâr) (Tajik spelling роҳвор)
Noun
راهوار • (rāhwār / râhvâr) (Tajik spelling роҳвор)
- easy-paced horse; ambling horse
- c. 1030, Fakhr al-Dīn Asʿad Gurgānī, ويس و رامين [Vīs u Rāmīn][1]:
- چو زرد آمد سوی درگاه ویرو
به پشت اسپ شد تا پیش شهرو
نمازش برد و پوزش خواست بسیار
که پیشت آمدم بر پشت رهوار- čō zard āmad sōy-i dargāh-i wīrū
ba pušt-i asp šud tā pēš-i šahrū
namāz-aš burd u pōziš xwāst bisyār
ki pēš-at āmadam bar pušt-i rahwār - When Zard came towards the court of Vīrū,
He came up to Shahrū on the back of a horse.
He made his salutations, and many excuses:
"I have come before you on the back of a sauntering steed."
- čō zard āmad sōy-i dargāh-i wīrū
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: ռահվար (ṙahvar)
- → Ottoman Turkish: راهوان (rahvan), راهوار (rahvar), رهوار (rehvar) — early, րահվան (rahvan) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: rahvan
- → Albanian: revan
- → Armenian: ըռահվան (əṙahvan), ռահվան (ṙahvan), ռա̈հվան (ṙähvan), ռեհվան (ṙehvan)
- → Arabic: رَهْوَان (rahwān)
- → Aromanian: arivani, arãvani, rivani
- → Bulgarian: рава́н (raván), рахва́н (rahván), раава́н (raaván), рява́н (rjaván), арава́н (araván)
- → Cappadocian Greek: ραχβάν (rachván), ραφχάνια (rafchánia), γιραφάν (girafán)
- → Greek: ραβάνι (raváni), ραχβάνι (rachváni), αραβάν’ (araván’), ρεβάνι (reváni)
- → Macedonian: раван (ravan)
- → Polish: rahwan
- → Serbo-Croatian: ràhvān / ра̀хва̄н, rāvȁn / ра̄в̏ан, ràvān / ра̀ва̄н
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “راهوار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “راهوار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.