From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
*hwáhā f
- sister
- Central Iranian:
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: خور (xor)
- Proto-Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
- Ishkashimi: иха (ixa)
- Sanglechi: юхӧай (yoxōai), ихва (ixva)
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji:
- Proto-Munji-Yidgha:
- Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami:
- Proto-Shughni-Roshani:
- Sarikoli: yax
- Shughni: йах (yax)
- Yazghulami: х̌̊арѓ (x̌̊arǵ)
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Sogdic:
- Sogdian: (/xwār/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫑𐫇𐫀𐫡 (k̇wʾr)
- Sogdian script: 𐼶𐼴𐼰𐽀 (xwʾr), 𐼲𐼴𐼰𐽀𐼳 (ɣwʾrh)
- Syriac script: ݎܘܐܪ (xwʾr), ݎܘܐܪܚ (xwʾrh), ܮܘܐܪ (γwʾrh)
- Yagnobi: хор (xor)
- Proto-Scythian:
- Ossetian:
- Digor Ossetian: хуӕрӕ (xwæræ)
- Iron Ossetian: хо (xo)
- Proto-Saka-Wakhi:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (hvar)
- Wakhi: x̌ыy
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi:
- Baluchi: گوہار (gohár), گہار (guhár)
- Koroshi: گاهار (gāhār)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خوِشک (xwişk), خوەیشک (xweyişk)
- Northern Kurdish: xwişk, xweh, xweng
- Southern Kurdish: خوەیشگ (xweyişg), خوەیشک (xweyişk)
- Laki: خوە (xwe), Laki: خوێە (xwêe)
- Medo-Parthian:
- Caspian:
- Old Mazanderani: خواخر (xwāxer, xwāxar)
- Mazanderani: خاخر (xāxer)
- Gilaki: خاخور (xāxor)
- Old Median: *xwahā, *xwāhar
- Middle Median: *xwār
- Kermanic: xoer, xver, xôr (Zoroastrian Dari)
- Proto-Tatic:
- Talysh:
- Central Talysh: هوه (huva, hova) هو (ho)
- Northern Talysh: xa (xā), xav (xāv)
- Southern Talysh: خالا (xâlâ), خلو (xolo)
- Old Tati:
- Old Azari: خور (xwar, xwor, xōr)
- Semnani: خاک (xāk)
- Parthian: 𐫇𐫑𐫀𐫡 (wxʾr /wxār/)
- Proto-Zaza-Gorani:
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian:
- Manichaean script: 𐫑𐫇𐫀𐫆 (k̇wʾẖ), 𐫑𐫇𐫀𐫡 (k̇wʾr /xwār/)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (AHTE /xwah/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (AHTEL /xwahar/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾhl /xwāhar/)
- Larestani: خونگل (xwong(al))
- Lurish:
- Northern Luri: خوأر (xwar)
- Bakhtiari: خور (xor)
- Southern Luri: خوئر (xoer)
- Persian: خواهر (xvâhar), خوهر (xohar)
- Tajik: хоҳар (xohar)