Where does “سوار” come from?

سوار (Urdu) comes from Persian سوار, from Middle Persian ʾswbʾl, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼, from Proto-Iranian Hacwabāráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Haćwabʰāras.

سوار (Urdu): rider, horseman

Definitions

  1. rider, horseman

Ancestry of “سوار”, step by step

سوار traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian سوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسوارhorseman, rider; cavalryman
2Middle Persianʾswbʾlhorseman, rider
3Old Persian𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼horseman
4Proto-IranianHacwabāráhhorseman
5Proto-Indo-IranianHaćwabʰāras—

via Classical Persian سوار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianسوار—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Haćwabʰāras →Every word from Proto-Iranian Hacwabāráh →Every word from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 →