Etymology

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Today it means: A mounted procession; a cavalcade. Full definition →

Urdu سوار ← Persian سوار ← Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼
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  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*Haćwabʰāras
  2. Proto-Iranian · derived from*Hacwabāráh
  3. Old Persian · derived from𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼“horseman”
  4. Persian · borrowed fromسوار“rider”
  5. Urdu · borrowed fromسوار“swordsman”
  6. English todaysowarree

From Urdu سوار (savār, “swordsman”), borrowed from Persian سوار (savâr, “rider”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /⁠asabāra-⁠/, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras.

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