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خر

خر

See also: جر, جز, حر, خز, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

Verb

خَرَّ (ḵarra) I, non-past يَخِرُّ or يَخُرُّ‎ (yaḵirru or yaḵurru)

  1. to murmur, to bubble, to gurgle
  2. to ripple, to trickle
  3. to snore
Conjugation

Verb

خَرَّ (ḵarra) I, non-past يَخِرُّ or يَخُرُّ‎ (yaḵirru or yaḵurru)

  1. to fall, to fall down, to drop
  2. to sink to the ground, to prostrate oneself
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

خَرّ (ḵarr) m

  1. verbal noun of خَرَّ (ḵarra) (form I)
Declension

Azeri

Etymology

From Persian خر (xar).

Noun

Other scripts
Cyrillic хәр
Roman xər
Perso-Arabic خر

خر (xər) (definite accusative خر‌ی (xəri), plural خر‌لر (xərlər))

  1. donkey, ass

Declension

Synonyms


Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian HMRA / hl (xar, donkey, ass); cognate with Khotanese khara- (ass), etc..

Noun

خر (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))

Dari خر
Iranian Persian خر
Tajik хар (xar)
یک خر خوشگل
a beautiful donkey
  1. donkey, ass
  2. fool

Synonyms

  • الاغ (olâğ)
  • درازگوش (derâzguš)

Derived terms

Adjective

خر (xar) (comparative خرتر, superlative خرترین)

  1. idiotic
  2. asinine

Prefix

خر (xar-)

  1. big, great

Derived terms

  • خرزور (xarzur)
  • خرسنگ (xarsang)
  • خرپشته (xarpošte)

References

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