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