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ناهار
The adjective is most probably from ناـ (nâ-, “non-, un-”) + آهار (âhâr, “food, stew”), exactly equivalent to Sanskrit अनाहार (anāhāra, “not taking food, abstinent”). Compare with Sogdian 𐼻𐼰𐼳𐼰𐽀 (nʾhʾr /nāhār/, “un-food (lit.), hungry”) and also Old Armenian նիհար (nihar, “skinny”), an Iranian borrowing. The Persian dictionaries derive the noun for “lunch” from this adjective, saying that it
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