अख़बार

See also: अखबार

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अखबार (akhbār) (nuqtaless)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اخبار (axbâr), from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār), plural of خَبَر (ḵabar, “report, news”). Compare Bengali আখবার (akhbar), Marathi अखबार (akhbār), Punjabi ਅਖਬਾਰ (akhabār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əx.bɑːɾ/, [ɐx.bäːɾ], /əkʰ.bɑːɾ/, [ɐkʰ.bäːɾ]

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Noun

अख़बार • (axbār) m (Urdu spelling اخبار)

1. newspaper

   Synonym: समाचारपत्र (samācārpatra)

   वह घरों में अख़बार बाँटता है।

   vah gharõ mẽ axbār bā̃ṭtā hai.

   He distributes newspapers to houses.

2. (very formal) plural of ख़बर (xabar)

Declension

Declension of अख़बार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अख़बार axbār	अख़बार axbār
oblique	अख़बार axbār	अख़बारों axbārõ
vocative	अख़बार axbār	अख़बारो axbāro

Related terms

• ख़बर (xabar, “news”)

Kashmiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu اخبار (“newspaper”) or Hindi अख़बार (axbār, “newspaper”), from Arabic أخبار.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akʰbaːr/

Noun

अख़बार • (akhbār) m (Perso-Arabic اَخبار)

1. newspaper