خار

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: حار, جار, چار, and جاز

Arabic

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
Root
خ و ر (ḵ w r)
3 terms

Verb

[edit]

خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخُورُ (yaḵūru), verbal noun خُوَار (ḵuwār))

  1. to moo, to low (of cattle)
Conjugation
[edit]

Verb

[edit]

خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخُورُ (yaḵūru), verbal noun خَوَر (ḵawar))

  1. to decrease in strength, to become weak, to languish (of a person)
  2. to dwindle, to flag (of one's strength)
Conjugation
[edit]
Alternative forms
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]
Root
خ ي ر (ḵ y r)
9 terms

Verb

[edit]

خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخِيرُ (yaḵīru), verbal noun خَيْر (ḵayr) or خِيرَة (ḵīra) or خِيَرَة (ḵiyara))

  1. (transitive) to select, to choose
  2. (transitive) to prefer [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone/something else’]
Conjugation
[edit]

Verb

[edit]

خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخِيرُ (yaḵīru), verbal noun خَيْر (ḵayr) or خَيَارَة (ḵayāra))

  1. to become wealthy
  2. (transitive) to outdo (someone)
  3. to make good [with فِي () ‘an issue’ and لِ (li) ‘for someone’] (especially of God)
Conjugation
[edit]

Mazanderani

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

خار (xâr)

  1. well
    ته خار هستی؟te xâr hasti?Are you well?

Persian

[edit]
Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

[edit]

    From Middle Persian thorn (hʾl /⁠xār⁠/), related to Sanskrit खर (khara, sharp, rough, harsh)).[1] Compare Manichaean Middle Persian xʾr (xār).

    Pronunciation

    [edit]
     

    Readings
    Classical reading? xār
    Dari reading? xār
    Iranian reading? xâr
    Tajik reading? xor

    Noun

    [edit]
    Dari خار
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik хор

    خار (xâr) (plural خارها (xâr-hâ))

    1. thorn
      • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[1]:
        ز خاشاک وز خار و شاخ درخت
        یکی آتشی برفروزید سخت
        zi xāšāk w-az xār u šāx-i diraxt
        yakē ātašē barfurōzīd saxt
        With straws, thorns, and tree branches,
        He quickly lit up a fire.
        (Classical Persian romanization)

    Derived terms

    [edit]

    Descendants

    [edit]
    • Urdu: خار (xār)

    References

    [edit]
    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94

    Urdu

    [edit]
    the Siachen plant with golden خار, extant to the glaciers of northern Pakistan

    Etymology

    [edit]

    From Classical Persian خار (xār, thorn), from Middle Persian hʾl (xār, thorn).

    Pronunciation

    [edit]

    Noun

    [edit]

    خار (xār? (Hindi spelling ख़ार)

    1. thorn, prickle

    Declension

    [edit]
    Declension of خار
    singular plural
    direct خار (xār) خار (xār)
    oblique خار (xār) خاروں (xārō̃)
    vocative خار (xār) خارو (xārō)

    Derived terms

    [edit]