खर

Khaling

Etymology

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Noun

खर (khar)

1. hand, arm

References

• “खर”, in खालिङ - नेपाली - अङ्‍ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Khaling - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2016.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: खर्

Noun

खर • (khar)

1. thatch, straw

References

• “खर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “खर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

खर m

1. Devanagari script form of khara (“donkey”)

Declension

Noun

खर gender unattested

1. Devanagari script form of khara (“water”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“stone, hard”) also found in Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Welsh carreg (“stone”), Celtic cognates of English crag, and Albanian gërthje (“crab”).

Adjective

खर • (khára) stem

1. hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid

   Antonyms: मृदु (mṛdu), श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa)

2. solid

   Antonym: द्रव (drava).

3. dense (clouds)
4. sharp, hot (wind)
5. hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word)
6. sharp-edged
7. cruel

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.

Noun

खर • (khára) stem, m

1. donkey (so called from his cry)
2. mule
3. osprey
4. heron
5. crow
6. a thorny plant (prickly nightshade (Solanum torvum) or perhaps camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum L.))
7. name of a fragrant substance
8. quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (compare ἐσχάρα)
9. a place arranged for building a house upon
10. name of the 25th year of the sixty years' बृहस्पति cycle
11. दैत्य or demon
12. name of the असुर धेनुक
13. name of a रक्षस् slain by राम (younger brother of रावण)
14. name of an attendant of the Sun (= धर्म)
15. name of a रुद्र
16. ‘a she-mule’ » खरी-वात्सल्य
17. name of one of the mothers in स्कन्द's retinue

Declension

Descendants

• Hindi: खरा (kharā)
• Punjabi: ਖਰ (khar)
• Telugu: ఖరము (kharamu)
• → Old Javanese: khara

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
• Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Culture and Languages, Including Basque, of the Pre-Indo-European Mediterranean World, p. 325
• Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition
• Scigliano, Eric (2007): Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest For Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara, p. 84