استخبر

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See also: أستخبر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ب ر (ḵ b r)
11 terms

Compare خَبَرَ (ḵabara, to test, experience).

Verb

اِسْتَخْبَرَ (istaḵbara) X (non-past يَسْتَخْبِرُ (yastaḵbiru), verbal noun اِسْتِخْبَار (istiḵbār))

  1. to (transitive) to inquire of (someone عَنْ (ʕan, about)), to ask (someone عَنْ (ʕan, about))
    اِسْتَخْبَرْتُ صَدِيقِي عَنْ الْأَخْبَارِ.
    istaḵbartu ṣadīqī ʕan al-ʔaḵbāri.
    I asked my friend about the news.

Conjugation

References

  • Mace, John (2007) “استخبر”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN