اخگر

Persian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š (“fire”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter-) + *gar- (“to kindle”, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-).[1] Not found in Middle Persian; first attested in Daqīqī, in the mid-late 900s.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? axgar
Dari reading? axgar
Iranian reading? axgar
Tajik reading? axgar

Noun

اخگر • (axgar) (Tajik spelling ахгар)

  1. embers, hot charcoal
  2. spark of fire
    Synonym: شرار (šarâr)

References

  1. ^ Herzenberg, L. G. (2011) “Studies in Persian Etymology I”, in Acta Linguistica Petropolitana‎[1], volume 7, number 1, pages 201–224
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