See also: جور, چور, خوز, and جوز

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
خ و ر (ḵ w r)
2 terms

Verb

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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
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خَوَّرَ (ḵawwara) II (non-past يُخَوِّرُ (yuḵawwiru), verbal noun تَخْوِير (taḵwīr))

  1. to attribute weakness to, to call feeble
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /xawr/

Noun

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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
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  • Swahili: hori

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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خُور (ḵūrpl

  1. plural of خَوَّار (ḵawwār)

References

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  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “خور”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 336

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian خوار (xvâr).

Adjective

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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

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References

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  • 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[2], Vienna, column 1967

Pashto

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Etymology

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

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خور (xorf

  1. sister

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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

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

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Dari خور
Iranian Persian
Tajik хур

خور (xor, xwar)

  1. sun
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr, bay, inlet, cove, canyon).

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

Noun

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خور (xowr)

  1. bay, estuary, cove

Etymology 3

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Verb

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خور (xor)

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