اخبار

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

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Noun

اخبار (axbār)

1. officer

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔax.ˈbɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.bɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.bɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.bɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäx.bɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæx.bɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäχ.bɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	axbār
Dari reading?	axbār
Iranian reading?	axbâr
Tajik reading?	axbor

• Rhymes: -âr

Noun

اخبار • (axbâr)

1. news (plural of خبر (xabar))
2. information
3. newspaper
4. histories, annals
5. traditions
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3744:

     خویش را تاویل کن نه اخبار را
     مغز را بد گوی نی گلزار را

     xwēš rā tā'wīl kun na axbār rā
     mağz rā bad gōy na gulzār rā

     Alter yourself, not the Traditions (of the Prophet):
     abuse your brain, not the rose garden (the true sense).

Descendants

• → Dogri: अखबार (akhbār)
• Hindustani:

  → Hindi: अख़बार (axbār)

  → Urdu: اخبار (axbār)

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

  → Gurmukhi script: ਅਖਬਾਰ (akhabār)

  → Shahmukhi script: اخبار (axbār)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اخبار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: اخ‧بار

Noun

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

1. newspaper

   Synonym: روزنامہ (roznāma)

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

Related terms

• اخبار نویس (axbār-navīs, “reporter, journalist”)
• اخبار نویسی (axbār-navīsī, “reporting, journalism”)
• خبر (xabar, “news”)
• اخباری (axbārī, “journalistic”)
• اخباری تھڑا (axbārī thaṛā, “news stand”)

References

• “اخبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اخبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اخبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.