# سوار
## Arabic
### Etymology

Though Fraenkel assumed that the Arabic word is genuine and not a loan, likely a perhaps early loan from a byform of Aramaic שֵׁירָא / ܫܶܐܪܳܐ (šērā), see the exposure at ش ج ر (š j r). Juxtapose قُلْب (qulb, “bracelet”) for a Syriac loan. Compare also دُمْلُوج (dumlūj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.waːr/

### Noun

سِوَار • (siwār) m (plural أَسْوِرَة (ʔaswira) or أَسَاوِر (ʔasāwir))
* bracelet

#### Declension
### References

* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56
* Freytag, Georg (1833) “سوار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 374

## Bulgar
### Proper noun

سُوار (Suwâr)
* the clan of Suar

### References

* Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 190-191
* ibn Fadlan, Ahmad (921-922) Ramazan Şeşen, transl., Ibn Fadlan Seyahatnamesi [Travel Book of Ibn Fadlan] (in Turkish), 2022 edition, İstanbul: Yeditepe, published 2010, →ISBN, page 35, ٤٢

## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾswbʾl, ʾsp̄wʾl (aswār, “horseman, rider”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sa.ˈwɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sä.wɑ́ːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [sä.wɑ́ːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sä.wɑ́ːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sä.wɔ́ːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæ.vɒ́ːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [sä.vɔ́ɾ]

### Noun

سوار • (sovâr, savâr) (plural سواران (sovâr, savârân))
* horseman, rider
* cavalryman
    پادشاه‌ ارابه‌ها و سواران‌ را جمع کرد.
    The king assembled cavalrymen and chariots
** Abulfazl Bayhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyaz, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, page 73:
    حسن فرمود تا علامت بزرگ را پیشتر بردند و با سواران پختهٔ گزیده حمله افگند به‌فیروزیHasan ordered to move the great emblem forward and attacked victoriously with hand-picked veteran cavalrymen.

#### Synonyms

* سواره (savâre)

#### Antonyms

* پیاده (piyâde)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: সওয়ার (śoōẇar)
* → Gujarati: સવાર (savār)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: सवार (savār)
    Urdu: سوار (savār)
** → English: sowar
* → Kannada: ಸವಾರ (savāra)
* → Marathi: स्वार (svār)
* → Ottoman Turkish: سوار (süvar)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸਵਾਰ (savār)
    Shahmukhi script: سوار (savār)

### References

* Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “سوار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “aswār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 13
* Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 244

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سوار (sawār, “rider”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /⁠asabāra-⁠/, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras.

### Noun

سوار • (sawâr) m (Hindi spelling सवार)
* rider, horseman