ـواره

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Persian ـوار (-wār / -vâr)
Proto-Iranian *-a-
Proto-Iranian *-kah
Proto-Iranian *-akah
Persian ـه (-a / -e)
Persian ـواره

    From ـوار (-wār / -vâr) or ـه (-a / -e).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? -wāra
    Dari reading? -wāra
    Iranian reading? -vâre
    Tajik reading? -vora

    Suffix

    ـواره • (-wār / -vâr) (no longer productive)

    1. used to create nouns denoting a specific characteristic
      ‎ماه (māh / mâh, “moon”) + ‎ـواره → ‎ماهواره (māhwāra / mâhvâre, “artificial satellite”)

    Usage notes

    Always written and prescribed by the APLL to be written joined to the word it attaches to.

    Derived terms

    Persian terms suffixed with ـواره
    جشنواره
    سنگواره
    طرحواره
    ماهواره
    همواره
    گهواره
    گوشواره
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.