اخبار
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Noun
اخبار (axbār)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | axbār |
| Dari reading? | axbār |
| Iranian reading? | axbâr |
| Tajik reading? | axbor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
اخبار • (axbâr)
- news (plural of خبر (xabar))
- information
- newspaper
- histories, annals
- traditions
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3744:
- خویش را تاویل کن نه اخبار را
مغز را بد گوی نی گلزار را- xwēš rā tā'wīl kun na axbār rā
mağz rā bad gōy na gulzār rā - Alter yourself, not the Traditions (of the Prophet):
abuse your brain, not the rose garden (the true sense).
- xwēš rā tā'wīl kun na axbār rā
Descendants
- → Dogri: अखबार (akhbār)
- → Hindustani:
- → Malvi: अखबार (akhbār)
- → Nepali: अखबार (akhbār)
- → Punjabi:
- → Kazakh: ақпар (aqpar)
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “اخبار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اخبار (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār).
Pronunciation
Noun
اخبار • (axbār) m (formal plural اخبارات, Hindi spelling अख़बार)
- newspaper
- Synonym: روزنامہ (roznāma)
- (by extension) gazette, journal
- (dated or formal) plural of خبر (xabar, “news”)
Related terms
- اخبار نویس (axbār-navīs, “reporter, journalist”)
- اخبار نویسی (axbār-navīsī, “reporting, journalism”)
- خبر (xabar, “news”)
- اخباری (axbārī, “journalistic”)
- اخباری تھڑا (axbārī thaṛā, “news stand”)
References
- “اخبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اخبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اخبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.