آبدار

Persian

Etymology

From (âb, “water”) +‎ (dâr, present stem of (dâštan, “to have”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaːb.ˈdaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːb.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔːb.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːb.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔb.d̪ɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ābdār
Dari reading^?	ābdār
Iranian reading^?	âbdâr
Tajik reading^?	obdor

Adjective

آبدار • (ābdār / âbdâr) (Tajik spelling обдор)

juicy, succulent
― hendevâne-ye âbdâr ― juicy watermelon
lustrous, shining (as if with water)
― šamšir-e âbdâr ― lustrous sword
(figurative, of poetry) flowing, eloquent
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 79:
  این گفت و گو خوش است دلم را ولی بعشق
  خواهم ادا کنم غزلی آبدار هم
  īn guft u gū xwaš ast dilam rā walē ba-išq
  xwāham adā kunam ġazalē ābdār ham
  This conversation is dear to my heart, but out of love
  I shall also present an eloquent love song.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Noun

آبدار • (ābdār / âbdâr) (Tajik spelling обдор)

butler; synonym of (âbdârči)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “آبدار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim