تبختر

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Arabic

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Root
ب خ ت ر (b-ḵ-t-r)

Alternative forms

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Verb

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تَبَخْتَرَ (tabaḵtara) IIq, non-past يَتَبَخْتَرُ‎ (yatabaḵtaru) (Classical Arabic)

  1. to swagger, to walk gracefully, to swing while walking
    • 10th century CE, Al-Khobz Arzi, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      تَتَبَخْتَرُ الأَرْوَاحُ فِي أَجْسَامِنَا // شَوْقاً إِلَيْهِ إِذَا بَدَا يَتَبَخْتَرُ
      tatabaḵtaru l-ʔarwāḥu fī ʔajsāminā // šawqan ʔilayhi ʔiḏā badā yatabaḵtaru
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَبَخْتُر (tabaḵtur).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? taḇaxtur
Dari reading? tabaxtur
Iranian reading? tabaxtor
Tajik reading? tabaxtur

Noun

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تبختر (tabaxtor)

  1. swagger, prideful gait