خواهر
Persian
regional
Definitions
- sister
- sissy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Iranian *hwáhā inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swasar- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swésōr
Gloss
sister
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Soroptimist English
- co-sister English
- foresister English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister English
- sister-in-law English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- sororize English
- stepsister English
- supersister English
- unsister English
- soror Latin
- sororicida Latin
- sororicidium Latin
- sororitas Latin
- sorōritās Latin
- Schwester German
- sorella Italian
- suora Italian
- сестра́ Russian
- сестринский Russian
- сестринство Russian
- сестричка Russian
- sor Spanish, Castilian
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- soror Portuguese
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- シスター Japanese
- मातुःष्वसृ Sanskrit
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sister Middle English
- sistren Middle English
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- suer Old French
- բուժքույր Armenian
- սեստրա Armenian
- քույր Armenian
- քույրական Armenian
- soră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- خوهر Persian
- chwaer Welsh
- քոյր Old Armenian
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- 絲打 Chinese
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sorã Aromanian
- sòrre Occitan
- 시스터 Korean
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- sora Romansh
- sour Romansh
- sûr Friulian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- soru Sicilian
- soreła Venetian
- sista Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- saur Dalmatian
- seraul Dalmatian
- *hwáhā Proto-Iranian
- *hwehir Proto-Brythonic
- sorre Sardinian
- sora Neapolitan
- 𐬓𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 Avestan
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- خور Pashto, Pushto
- soror Interlingua
- хо Ossetian, Ossetic
- хуӕрӕ Ossetian, Ossetic
- suèr Franco-Provençal
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- گوہار Baluchi
- اِسپُسار Khowar
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin
- 𐨯𐨿𐨤𐨯𐨂 Gandhari
- хор Yagnobi
- *sásā Proto-Nuristani
- sūsu Prasuni