खरे

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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

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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

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “खरे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • 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 (1932-1950) “खरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : 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

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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

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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”)
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