سالار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (srdʾl /⁠sālār⁠/), a pre-Middle Persian compound of 𐭫𐭥𐭩𐭱𐭤 (LOYŠE /⁠sar⁠/, “head”) + [script needed] (-dʾr /⁠-dār⁠/, “-holder, -keeper”), with the regular phonetic shift *sar(a)-dàr(a)- > *sardàr > *sarlàr > sālār. Compare دل (del), گل (gol) for the phonetic change. Note Old Armenian սաղար (sałar), an Iranian borrowing. Doublet of سردار (sardâr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /saː.ˈlaːɾ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.lɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.lɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.lɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sālār
Dari reading?	sālār
Iranian reading?	sâlâr
Tajik reading?	solor

• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

سالار • (sâlâr) (plural سالار‌ها, or سالاران)

1. leader
2. military commander
3. (dated) hakim, king

Related terms

• سر (sar), ـدار (-dâr)
• سردار (sardâr)
• سپهسالار (sepahsâlâr)
• سالاری (sâlâri)
• مردم‌سالاری (mardom-sâlâri)

Descendants

• Urdu: سالار (sālār)

Proper noun

سالار • (sâlâr)

1. a male given name, Salar

Further reading

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 235, 514