Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sowarree

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sowar-ree
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mounted procession; a cavalcade.

Indian usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"The Rajah's sowarree was very grand and superb. He had twenty elephants with richly embroidered ambarrehs, the whole of them mounted by his Sirdars,—he himself riding on the largest, just in the centre."

Etymology

From Urdu سوار (savār, “swordsman”), borrowed from Persian سوار (savâr, “rider”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /⁠asabāra-⁠/, “horseman”), from Proto-Iranian *Hacwabāráh, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćwabʰāras.

Origin

Source language: Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: سوار, 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼, *Hacwabāráh, *Haćwabʰāras

Usage

Indian usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

sowarrees (plural) sowarry (alternative) suwarree (alternative)

Questions

What does sowarree mean?: A mounted procession; a cavalcade.
Where does sowarree come from?: It is traced to Persian.

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