See also: جر, جز, حر, خز, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
خ ر ر (ḵ r r)
2 terms

Verb

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خَرَّ (ḵarra) I (non-past يَخِرُّ (yaḵirru) or يَخُرُّ (yaḵurru), verbal noun خَرِير (ḵarīr))

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

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خَرَّ (ḵarra) I (non-past يَخِرُّ (yaḵirru) or يَخُرُّ (yaḵurru), verbal noun خَرّ (ḵarr) or خُرُور (ḵurūr))

  1. to fall, to fall down, to drop
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:31:
      وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ
      waman yušrik bi-l-lahi fakaʔannamā ḵarra mina s-samāʔi fataḵṭafuhu ṭ-ṭayru
      And he who associates with Allah - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:24:
      قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ
      [David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh]. [Sajdah]
  2. to sink to the ground, to prostrate oneself
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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خَرّ (ḵarrm

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

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Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of xər (donkey)

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic.

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Interjection

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خر (hır)

  1. imitative of the sound of the gnarl of a dog

Noun

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خر (hır)

  1. quarrel, strife
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  • Turkish: hır

Etymology 2

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From Persian خر (xar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خر (har)

  1. ass, donkey
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Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HMRA /⁠xar⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, donkey, ass), from Proto-Iranian *xárah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.
The meaning of something large is presumed to be from the weight-measure خروار (xar-vâr), originally a donkey-load but later even too heavy for a donkey to carry.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xar
Dari reading? xar
Iranian reading? xar
Tajik reading? xar

Noun

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Dari خر
Iranian Persian
Tajik хар

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

 
یک خر خوشگل a beautiful donkey
  1. (animal name or vulgar) donkey, ass
  2. fool
  3. in compounds meaning big, large

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Derived terms

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References

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