Hawara

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English

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Etymology

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From Arabic هَوَارَة (hawāra) which in turn is from Demotic ḥw.t-wr.t (the great mansion), from Egyptian ḥwt (enclosure, mansion) + wrt (large, great).

Proper noun

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Hawara

  1. A village in Egypt, and an Ancient Egyptian site near it, south of Crocodilopolis / Arsinoe, with a pyramid and a necropolis in which the Fayum mummy portraits were found.

Noun

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Hawara (plural Hawaras or Hawara)

  1. A member of an Amazigh tribe that settled in Egypt and was known for breeding horses and serving as cavalry.

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Rotwelsch, from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Cognate with German Chawer and Dutch gabber. Not related with habern.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑˑβɐrɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Ha‧be‧rer

Noun

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Hawara m (plural Hawara)

  1. (Austria, Vienna) friend, close companion.
    • 1971, Wolfgang Teuschl, Da Jesus und seine Hawara:

Synonyms

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German

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Noun

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Hawara m (strong, genitive Hawaras, plural Hawara)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of Haberer, representing an Austrian German pronunciation.