ابر

See also: أبر, إثر, آثر, أتر, اتر, أثر, and اثر

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابر (abr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbl /⁠abr⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós. Doublet of આભ (ābha).

Noun

ابر • (abar) m (Standard Gujarati અબર) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: وادل (vādal)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbl), [script needed] (ʾp̄l /⁠abr⁠/, “cloud”), from Proto-Iranian *abráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (aβra), Sanskrit अभ्र (abhra), Latin imber and Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? aḇr
Dari reading? abr
Iranian reading? abr
Tajik reading? abr
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Noun
Dari ابر
Iranian Persian
Tajik абр

ابر • (abr) (plural ابرها (abr-hâ))

  1. cloud
  2. a branch of Persian miniature
  3. sponge (a piece of porous material used for washing)
Derived terms
  • ابری (abri)
  • ابر و باد (abr-o-bâd)
  • ابرسازی (abr-sâzi)
  • ابر چینی (abr-e čini)
  • ابرناک (abrnâk)
  • ابرک (abrak)
Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: əbr
  • → Bengali: আবর (abor)
  • → Hindi: अब्र (abr)
  • → Urdu: ابر (abr)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭣𐭬 (mdm /⁠abar⁠/) (whence also بر (bar)), from Proto-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *upári, from Proto-Indo-European *upér.

Cognates include English over, Latin super (whence English super), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Old Armenian վեր (ver), German über, Avestan 𐬎𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (upairi).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔä.bäɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.bäɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.bäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? aḇar
Dari reading? abar
Iranian reading? abar
Tajik reading? abar

Preposition

ابر • (abar)

  1. A prefix roughly equivalent to English super-, English over-
    ابر (abar, “super”) + قدرت (qodrat, “power”) = ابرقدرت (abarqodrat, “superpower”)

Further reading
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “ابر”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 66a

Southwestern Fars

Noun

ابر (abr)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) cloud

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابر (abr).

Noun

ابر • (abr) m (Hindi spelling अब्र)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: بادل (bādal)

Etymology 2

From ابل (abal), from Sanskrit [Term?].

Adjective

ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)

  1. weak

Etymology 3

From اب (ab).

Adverb

ابر • (abar) (Hindi spelling अबर)

  1. now
Synonyms
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