خار

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See also: حار, جار, چار, and جاز

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
خ و ر (ḵ w r)
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Verb

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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخُورُ (yaḵūru), verbal noun خُوَار (ḵuwār))

  1. to moo, to low (of cattle)
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Verb

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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخُورُ (yaḵūru), verbal noun خَوَر (ḵawar))

  1. to decrease in strength, to become weak, to languish (of a person)
  2. to dwindle, to flag (of one's strength)
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Etymology 2

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Root
خ ي ر (ḵ y r)
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Verb

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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخِيرُ (yaḵīru), verbal noun خَيْر (ḵayr) or خِيرَة (ḵīra) or خِيَرَة (ḵiyara))

  1. (transitive) to select, to choose
  2. (transitive) to prefer [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone/something else’]
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Verb

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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخِيرُ (yaḵīru), verbal noun خَيْر (ḵayr) or خَيَارَة (ḵayāra))

  1. to become wealthy
  2. (transitive) to outdo (someone)
  3. to make good [with فِي () ‘an issue’ and لِ (li) ‘for someone’] (especially of God)
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Mazanderani

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Adjective

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خار (xâr)

  1. well
    ته خار هستی؟te xâr hasti?Are you well?

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian thorn (hʾl /⁠xār⁠/), related to Sanskrit खर (khara, sharp, rough, harsh)).[1] Compare Manichaean Middle Persian xʾr (xār).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xār
Dari reading? xār
Iranian reading? xâr
Tajik reading? xor

Noun

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Dari خار
Iranian Persian
Tajik хор

خار (xâr) (plural خارها (xâr-hâ))

  1. thorn
    • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[1]:
      ز خاشاک وز خار و شاخ درخت
      یکی آتشی برفروزید سخت
      zi xāšāk w-az xār u šāx-i diraxt
      yakē ātašē barfurōzīd saxt
      With straws, thorns, and tree branches,
      He quickly lit up a fire.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Urdu: خار (xār)

References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94

Urdu

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the Siachen plant with golden خار, extant to the glaciers of northern Pakistan

Etymology

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From Classical Persian خار (xār, thorn), from Middle Persian hʾl (xār, thorn).

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Noun

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خار (xār? (Hindi spelling ख़ार)

  1. thorn, prickle

Declension

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Declension of خار
singular plural
direct خار (xār) خار (xār)
oblique خار (xār) خاروں (xārō̃)
vocative خار (xār) خارو (xārō)

Derived terms

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