خبر

Arabic

Etymology

خ ب ر (IPA: /χ-b-r/) (Other: x-b-r)

Pronunciation

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Verb

خَبَرَ • (xábara) perfect — Verb form I

1. to try, to test
2. to experience, to know by experience, to know well, to know thoroughly

خَبَّرَ • (xábbara) perfect — Verb form II

1. to notify, to advise, to apprise, to inform

Noun

خَبَر‎ • (xábar) m, plural أَخْبَار (’axbār)‎

1. news
2. information, intelligence
3. report, message, notification
4. rumor, story
5. matter, affair
6. (grammar) predicate of a nominal clause

Descendants

• Acehnese: haba
• Armenian: խաբար (xabar)
• Azeri: xəbər
• Bengali: খবর (khôbôr)
• Hindi: ख़बर
• Kazakh: хабар
• Malay: khabar
• Persian: خبر (xabar)
• Romanian: habar
• Ottoman Turkish: خبر (haber)
  • Turkish: haber
• Swahili: habari
• Turkmen: habar
• Urdu: خبر

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خبر (xábar).

Noun

خبر (haber)

1. news
2. information

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خبر (xábar).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA: [xæˈbæɾ]

Noun

Dari	خبر‍
Iranian Persian	خبر‍
Tajik	‍хабар‍

خبر • (xabar), plural خبرها (xabar-hâ) or اخبار (axbâr)

1. news
2. information, intelligence, knowledge

Related terms

• خبرنگار (xabar-negâr)
• بی‌خبر (bi-xabar)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic خبر (xábar).

Noun

خبر • (xabar) f, Hindi spelling ख़बर

1. news
2. information, intelligence, knowledge
3. message, notification

Synonyms

• سماچار (samācār)