استخبر

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See also: أستخبر

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
خ ب ر (ḵ-b-r)

Compare خَبَرَ (ḵabara, to test, experience).

Verb[edit]

اِسْتَخْبَرَ (istaḵbara) X, non-past يَسْتَخْبِرُ‎ (yastaḵbiru)

  1. to (transitive) to inquire of (someone عَنْ (ʕan, about)), to ask (someone عَنْ (ʕan, about))
    اِسْتَخْبَرْتُ صَدِيقِي عَنْ الْأَخْبَارِ.
    istaḵbartu ṣadīqī ʕan al-ʔaḵbāri.
    I asked my friend about the news.

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mace, John (2007) “استخبر”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN