Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (to try, to research). Cognate with Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós), Latin sapiō, Old English sefa (mind, spirit, mood).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xaḇāra
Dari reading? xabāra
Iranian reading? xabâre
Tajik reading? xabora

Noun

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خباره (xabâre) (plural خبارگان)

  1. (archaic) an adept, adroit, artful, deft, skilled, skillful, or versed person

References

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Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خباره”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press