اخبار

See also: أخبار‎, إخبار‎, أختار‎, اختار‎, أحبار‎, إجبار‎, and أخباز‎

Brokskat

Noun

اخبار (axbār)

1. officer

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَخْبَار‎ (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /axˈbɑːɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /axˈbɑːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æxˈbɒːɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /axˈbɔɾ/

• Rhymes: -âr

Noun

اخبار • (axbâr)

1. news (plural of خبر‎ (xabar))
2. information

Descendants

• → Dogri: अखबार (akhbār)
• Hindustani:

  → Hindi: अख़बार (axbār)

  → Urdu: اخبار‎ (axbār)

• → Malvi: अखबार (akhbār)
• → Nepali: अखबार (akhbār)
• Punjabi:

  → Gurmukhi script: ਅਖਬਾਰ (akhabār)

  → Punjabi: اخبار‎ (axbār) (semi-learned)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اخبار‎ (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار‎ (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əx.bɑːɾ/

• Audio (PK)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: اخ‧بار

Noun

اخبار • (axbār) m (plural اخبارات‎, Hindi spelling अख़बार)

1. newspaper
2. (by extension) gazette, journal
3. (dated or formal) plural of خبر‎ (xabar, “news”)

Related terms

• اخبارات‎ (axbārāt)
• اخباری تھڑا‎ (axbārī thaṛā)
• اخباری‎ (axbārī)
• خبر‎ (xabar)

 

References

• “اخبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اخبار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اخبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.