توانگر

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

توان (tovân) +‎ ـگر (-gar).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.wɑːŋ.ɡǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.wɔːŋ.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? tuwāngar, tawāngar
Dari reading? tawāngar
Iranian reading? tavângar
Tajik reading? tavongar

Adjective

توانگر • (tavângar) (comparative توانگرتَر (tavângar-tar), superlative توانگرتَرین (tavângar-tarin))

  1. rich
    Antonym: درویش (darvêš)

References
  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “توانگر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Minorsky, Vladimir (1955) “Addenda to the Ḥudūd al-ʕĀlam”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎, volume 17, number 2, →DOI, page 257
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “توانگر”, 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 475b
  • Vullers, Johann August (1855) “تونگر”, 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 483a
  • Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎ (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 251a
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