खरे

See also: खर, खरा, खरी, खार, खारा, खीर, खीरा, खैर, ख़ैर, and खैरो

Hindi

Adjective

खरे • (khare)

1. inflection of खरा (kharā, “straightforward”):
   1. nominative plural masculine
   2. oblique/vocative singular/plural masculine

Marathi

Alternative forms

• खरं (khara)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘏𑘨 (khara), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀔𑀭 (khara), from Sanskrit खर (khára, “rough, hard, solid, sharp”). Cognate with Gujarati ખરું (kharũ), Hindustani کَھرَا (kharā) / खरा (kharā), Sindhi کرو / खरो, Punjabi ਖਰਾ (kharā) / کَھرا (kharā), Odia ଖରା (kharā), Bengali খরা (khora), Assamese খৰ (khor).

Pronunciation

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• (formal) IPA^(key): /kʰə.ɾe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /kʰə.ɾə/

Adjective

खरे • (khare)

1. true

   Antonym: खोटे (khoṭe)

Adverb

खरे • (khare)

1. really, truly

Derived terms

• खरेखुरे (kharekhure)
• खरे तर (khare tar, “truth be told”)
• खरे बोलणे (khare bolṇe, “to tell the truth”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “खरे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Raeside, Ian Matthew Paton, Nemade, Bhalchandra Vanaji (1991) Marathi Reading Course, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, page 185
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khára²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• khare (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• খরে (Bengali script)
• ඛරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ခရေ or ၶရေ (Burmese script)
• ขเร or ขะเร (Thai script)
• ᨡᩁᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂເຣ or ຂະເຣ (Lao script)
• ខរេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄢𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

खरे

1. Devanagari script form of khare, locative singular & accusative plural of खर (khara, “donkey”)
2. Devanagari script form of khare, locative singular of खर (khara, “water”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• খৰে (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬭᬾ (Balinese script)
• খরে (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰨𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀭𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ခရေ (Burmese script)
• ખરે (Gujarati script)
• ਖਰੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌰𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦫꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂩𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಖರೇ (Kannada script)
• ខរេ (Khmer script)
• ຂເຣ (Lao script)
• ഖരേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᡵᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘨𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠷᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧈𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐬𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଖରେ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢬꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆫𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖨𑖸 (Siddham script)
• ඛරෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩼𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚤𑚲 (Takri script)
• க²ரே (Tamil script)
• ఖరే (Telugu script)
• ขเร (Thai script)
• ཁ་རེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒩𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨫𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Adjective

खरे • (khare)

1. inflection of खर (khara, “hard”):
   1. locative singular masculine/neuter
   2. vocative singular feminine
   3. nominative/vocative/accusative dual feminine/neuter

Noun

खरे • (khare)

1. locative singular of खर (khara, “donkey”)