Old Persian

Noun

𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 ‎(asabāra-)

1. horseman

Descendants

• Middle Persian: ʾswbʾl ‎(aswār)
  • Persian: سوار ‎(sovâr, savâr)
  • > Arabic: أُسْوَار ‎(ʾuswār), إِسْوَار ‎(ʾiswār), أَسَاوِرَة pl ‎(ʾasāwira), أَسَاوِر pl ‎(ʾasāwir), أَسَاوِيرَات pl ‎(ʾasāwīrāt)
    • > Persian: اسوار ‎(osvâr, esvâr), اساوره ‎(asâvere), اساور ‎(asâver)
  • > Persian: اسوار ‎(asvâr), اسواران pl ‎(Asvârân)

Taking Old Persian as representative for all Old Iranian:

• Gilaki: [script needed] ‎(asvār), [script needed] ‎(asvārī)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭎𐭁𐭓𐭉 ‎(ʾsbry)

References

• "اسوار" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “aswār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 13
• Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 173b
• Prods Oktor Skjaervo (December 15, 1987), "ASWĀR", Encyclopædia Iranica