مخير

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, to choose)

Adjective

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مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar) (feminine مُخَيَّرَة (muḵayyara), masculine plural مُخَيَّرُونَ (muḵayyarūna), feminine plural مُخَيَّرَات (muḵayyarāt))

  1. having the choice or option
  2. (philosophy) having free will
    Antonym: مُسَيَّر (musayyar)

Descendants

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 309

Further reading

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  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1497, page 120a