See also: فجر

Arabic edit

Root
ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r)

Etymology edit

From the root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r). See the root for etymology.

Verb edit

فَخَرَ (faḵara) I, non-past يَفْخَرُ‎ (yafḵaru)

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud [+ بِ (object)]

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Verb edit

فَخِرَ (faḵira) I, non-past يَفْخَرُ‎ (yafḵaru)

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud [+ بِ (object)]

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

فَخْر (faḵrm

  1. pride, honour, glory
  2. something of high renown or fame
  3. passage of poetry praising a group or individual

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Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, honour, pride), the Arabic word itself could be an Iranian borrowing ultimately from Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (splendour, glory). Doublet of فَرّ (farr). See the Arabic root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r) and Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (splendour, glory) for more detailed etymology.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? faxr
Dari reading? faxr
Iranian reading? faxr
Tajik reading? faxr

Noun edit

فخر (faxr)

  1. honour
  2. pride
  3. glory

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Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, honour, pride).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

فخر (faxrm (Hindi spelling फ़ख़्र)

  1. glory
  2. pride

References edit

  • S. W. Fallon (1879), “فخر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “فخر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فخر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.