See also: جور, چور, خوز, and جوز

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root خ و ر (ḵ-w-r).

Verb edit

خَوِرَ (ḵawira) I, non-past يَخْوَرُ‎ (yaḵwaru)

  1. to get weakened, to get weaker, to make/become weak/weaker
  2. to gradually disappear
  3. to become less strong/active/violent
  4. to cease functioning
  5. to break down
  6. to be feeble, to be weak and fragile
  7. to grow tired, to lose vigour
  8. to be extinguished
  9. to be/become limp
  10. to grow feeble, to lack vitality, to live under enfeebling conditions
  11. to be/become weak/thin, to dwindle
  12. to languish
  13. to lose lustre
  14. to become slack, relaxed, not tense or tight
  15. to be slender/ropy/trivial
  16. to relent, to give way, to succumb to temptation
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

خَوَّرَ (ḵawwara) II, non-past يُخَوِّرُ‎ (yuḵawwiru)

  1. to attribute weakness to, to call feeble
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root خ و ر (ḵ-w-r). Compare the frequent Aramaic חוֹרָא / ܚܘܿܪܴܐ (ḥōrā, hole), Hebrew חֹר (ḥōr, hole), Akkadian 𒆢𒁕 (/⁠ḫurru⁠/). Compare also Old Armenian խոր (xor).

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /xawr/

Noun edit

خَوْر (ḵawrm (plural أَخْوَار (ʔaḵwār))

  1. an inlet (e.g. estuary, lagoon, creek, bay)
    خور دبيKhawr DubayyDubai Creek
    خور العديدKhawr al-ʿUdaydInland Sea
  2. a coastal lake or pond
    خور البليدKhawr al-BalīdAl-Baleed Lake
  3. (Sudan) a wadi, ravine or canyon
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Swahili: hori

Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

خُور (ḵūrpl

  1. plural of خَوَّار (ḵawwār)

References edit

  • Corriente, Federico (2005), “خور”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 336

Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Persian خوار (xvâr).

Adjective edit

خور (hor)

  1. despicable, abject, vile
  2. (in compounds) eating, consuming, receiving, undergoing
    مفت خورmüft horparasite
    مردوم خورmerdüm horcannibal
    میراث خورmiras horheir
    كیاه خورkiyah horherbivore
    كوشت خورküşt horcarnivore
    خور گورمكhor görmekto despise, to vilify
    خور طوتمقhor tutmakto despise, to vilify
    خورپرستhor-perestsun-adorer, who wants to expose himself to the sun much

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “خور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1967

Pashto edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *hwáhā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

خور (xorf

  1. sister

Declension edit

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Iranian *húHar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? xwar
Dari reading? xur
Iranian reading? xor
Tajik reading? xur

Noun edit

Dari خور
Iranian Persian
Tajik хур

خور (xor, xwar)

  1. sun
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr, bay, inlet, cove, canyon).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? xawr
Dari reading? xawr
Iranian reading? xowr
Tajik reading? xavr

Noun edit

خور (xowr)

  1. bay, estuary, cove

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

خور (xor)

  1. present stem form of خوردن (xordan, to eat)