See also: فجر

Arabic

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Root
ف خ ر (f ḵ r)
7 terms

Etymology

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From the root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r). See the root for etymology.

Verb

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فَخَرَ (faḵara) I (non-past يَفْخَرُ (yafḵaru), verbal noun فَخْر (faḵr) or فَخَار (faḵār))

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud [with بِ (bi)]

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فَخِرَ (faḵira) I (non-past يَفْخَرُ (yafḵaru), verbal noun فَخَر (faḵar))

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud [with بِ (bi)]

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Noun

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فَخْر (faḵrm

  1. pride, honour, glory
  2. something of high renown or fame
  3. passage of poetry praising a group or individual

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, honour, pride), the Arabic word itself could be an Iranian borrowing ultimately from Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (splendour, glory). Doublet of فَرّ (farr). See the Arabic root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r) and Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (splendour, glory) for more detailed etymology.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? faxr
Dari reading? faxr
Iranian reading? faxr
Tajik reading? faxr

Noun

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فخر (faxr)

  1. honour
  2. pride
  3. glory

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, honour, pride).

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Noun

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فخر (faxrm (Hindi spelling फ़ख़्र)

  1. glory
  2. pride
    Synonym: مَرْیادا (maryādā)

References

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  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “فخر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “فخر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فخر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.