Arabic

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Root
خ و ر (ḵ-w-r)

Adjective

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خَوَّار (ḵawwār) (feminine خَوَّارَة (ḵawwāra), common plural خُور (ḵūr))

  1. flaccid, floppy, flabby, feeble

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Noun

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خُوَار (ḵuwārm

  1. verbal noun of خَارَ (ḵāra, to bellow, to low)

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Ottoman Turkish

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Adjective

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خوار (har, hor)

  1. alternative form of خور (hor)

References

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خوار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 1958

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? xwār
Dari reading? xār
Iranian reading? xâr
Tajik reading? xor

Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (hw'l /⁠xᵛār⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *ātra- / *āθra- (spirit, breath), of unknown further origin.[1]

Adjective

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خوار (xvâr)

  1. (archaic) easy
  2. mean, abject

Etymology 2

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See below.

Verb

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خوار (xvâr)

  1. present stem form of خواردن (to eat, to consume)

References

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  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 324

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Persian خوار (xvâr).

Adjective

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خوار (xvār)

  1. weak
  2. vulnerable