خبير

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Arabic[edit]

Root
خ ب ر(ḵ-b-r)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /xa.biːr/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

خَبِير (ḵabīr) (feminine خَبِيرَة(ḵabīra), masculine plural خُبَرَاء(ḵubarāʔ), feminine plural خَبِيرَات(ḵabīrāt))

  1. knowing, aware, well-informed
  2. experienced, proficient
    Synonyms: بَارِع(bāriʕ), حَاذِق(ḥāḏiq), مَاهِر(māhir), مُجِيد(mujīd)

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

خَبِير (ḵabīrm (plural خُبَرَاء(ḵubarāʔ), feminine خَبِيرَة(ḵabīra))

  1. expert, specialist
    Synonym: مُتَخَصِّص(mutaḵaṣṣiṣ)
  2. consultant

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afar: kabír

Proper noun[edit]

الخَبِير (al-ḵabīrm

  1. (Islam) Al-Khabir, "the All Aware", one of the names of God in Islam

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “خبير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “خبير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خبير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen