فخر

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See also: فجر

Arabic

Root
ف خ ر (f ḵ r)
7 terms

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud

Conjugation

Noun

فَخْر (faḵrm

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

Declension

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

فخر (faxr)

  1. honour
  2. pride
  3. glory

Derived terms

References

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

فخر (faxrm (Hindi spelling फ़ख़्र)

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

References

  • 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.