خر

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See also: جر, جز, حر, خز, چر, and جڑ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ر ر (ḵ r r)
2 terms

Verb

خَرَّ (ḵarra) I (non-past يَخِرُّ (yaḵirru) or يَخُرُّ (yaḵurru), verbal noun خَرِير (ḵarīr))

  1. to murmur, to bubble, to gurgle
  2. to ripple, to trickle
  3. to snore
Conjugation

Verb

خَرَّ (ḵarra) I (non-past يَخِرُّ (yaḵirru) or يَخُرُّ (yaḵurru), verbal noun خَرّ (ḵarr) or خُرُور (ḵurūr))

  1. to fall, to fall down, to drop
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:31:
      وَمَنْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ الطَّيْرُ
      waman yušrik bi-l-lahi fakaʔannamā ḵarra mina s-samāʔi fataḵṭafuhu ṭ-ṭayru
      And he who associates with Allah - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 38:24:
      قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِ ۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ ۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ
      said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing and turned in repentance .
  2. to sink to the ground, to prostrate oneself
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

خَرّ (ḵarrm

  1. verbal noun of خَرَّ (ḵarra) (form I)
Declension

Azerbaijani

Noun

خر (xər) (definite accusative خری (xəri), plural خرلر (xərlər))

  1. Arabic spelling of xər (donkey)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

خر (hır)

  1. imitative of the sound of the gnarl of a dog

Noun

خر (hır)

  1. quarrel, strife
Descendants
  • Turkish: hır

Etymology 2

From Persian خر (xar).

Pronunciation

Noun

خر (har)

  1. ass, donkey
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (HMRA /⁠xar⁠/), (hl /⁠xar⁠/, donkey, ass), from Proto-Iranian *xárah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.
The meaning of something large is presumed to be from the weight-measure خروار (xar-vâr), originally a donkey-load but later even too heavy for a donkey to carry.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xar
Dari reading? xar
Iranian reading? xar
Tajik reading? xar

Noun

Dari خر
Iranian Persian
Tajik хар

خر (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))

یک خر خوشگل a beautiful donkey
  1. (animal name or vulgar) donkey, ass
  2. fool
  3. in compounds meaning big, large

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xər

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94