خبير

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Arabic

Root
خ ب ر (ḵ b r)
11 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb خَبُرَ (ḵabura).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.biːr/
  • Rhymes: -iːr
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Adjective

خَبِير (ḵabīr) (feminine خَبِيرَة (ḵabīra), masculine plural خُبَرَاء (ḵubarāʔ), feminine plural خَبِيرَات (ḵabīrāt))

  1. knowing, aware, well-informed
  2. experienced, proficient
    Synonyms: بَارِع (bāriʕ), حَاذِق (ḥāḏiq), مَاهِر (māhir), مُجِيد (mujīd)

Declension

Noun

خَبِير (ḵabīrm (plural خُبَرَاء (ḵubarāʔ), feminine خَبِيرَة (ḵabīra))

  1. expert, specialist
    Synonym: مُتَخَصِّص (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ)
  2. consultant

Declension

Descendants

  • Afar: kabír

Proper noun

الخَبِير (al-ḵabīrm

  1. (Islam) Al-Khabir, "the All Aware", one of the names of God in Islam

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خبير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خبير”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خبير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen