ਅਖਬਾਰ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ (axabār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اخبار (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār), plural of خَبَر (ḵabar, “report, news”). The Arabic singular has been borrowed as ਖਬਰ (khabar). Compare Hindi अख़बार (axbār).

Noun

ਅਖਬਾਰ • (akhabār) f (Shahmukhi spelling اخبار)

1. newspaper, newsletter, bulletin

Derived terms

• ਅਖਬਾਰ ਨਵੀਸ m (akhabār navīs, “journalist”)

Further reading

• “ਅਖਬਾਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024