خور

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See also: جور, چور, خوز, and جوز

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
خ و ر (ḵ w r)
3 terms

Verb

خَوِرَ (ḵawira) I (non-past يَخْوَرُ (yaḵwaru), verbal noun خَوَر (ḵawar))

  1. to dwindle, to lose strength, to become weak or weaker
  2. to languish
  3. to gradually disappear
  4. to cease functioning, to break down
  5. to grow tired, to lose vigour
  6. to be extinguished
  7. to be/become limp
  8. to lose lustre
  9. to become slack, relaxed, not tense or tight
  10. to relent, to give way, to succumb to temptation
Conjugation
Alternative forms

Etymology 1.2

Verb

خَوَّرَ (ḵawwara) II (non-past يُخَوِّرُ (yuḵawwiru), verbal noun تَخْوِير (taḵwīr))

  1. to attribute weakness to, to call feeble
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Noun

خَوَر (ḵawarm

  1. verbal noun of خَوِرَ (ḵawira) (form I)
  2. weakness, fatigue, languor
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
خ و ر (ḵ w r)
3 terms

Compare the frequent Aramaic חוֹרָא / ܚܘܿܪܴܐ (ḥōrā, hole), Hebrew חֹר (ḥōr, hole), Akkadian 𒆢𒁕 (/⁠ḫurru⁠/). Compare also Old Armenian խոր (xor).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /xawr/

Noun

خَوْر (ḵawrm (plural أَخْوَار (ʔaḵwār))

  1. an inlet (e.g. estuary, lagoon, creek, bay)
    خور دبيKhawr DubayyDubai Creek
    خور العديدKhawr al-ʿUdaydInland Sea
  2. a coastal lake or pond
    خور البليدKhawr al-BalīdAl-Baleed Lake
  3. (Sudan) a wadi, ravine or canyon
Declension
Descendants
  • Swahili: hori

Etymology 3

Adjective

خُور (ḵūrpl

  1. plural of خَوَّار (ḵawwār)

References

  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “خور”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 336

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian خوار (xvâr).

Adjective

خور (hor)

  1. despicable, abject, vile
  2. (in compounds) eating, consuming, receiving, undergoing
    مفت خورmüft horparasite
    مردوم خورmerdüm horcannibal
    میراث خورmiras horheir
    كیاه خورkiyah horherbivore
    كوشت خورküşt horcarnivore
    خور گورمكhor görmekto despise, to vilify
    خور طوتمقhor tutmakto despise, to vilify
    خورپرستhor-perestsun-adorer, who wants to expose himself to the sun much

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “خور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1967

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hwáhā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

Noun

خور (xorf

  1. sister

Declension

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *húHar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xwar
Dari reading? xur
Iranian reading? xor
Tajik reading? xur

Noun

Dari خور
Iranian Persian
Tajik хур

خور (xor, xwar)

  1. sun

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic خَوْر (ḵawr, bay, inlet, cove, canyon).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xawr
Dari reading? xawr
Iranian reading? xowr
Tajik reading? xavr

Noun

خور (xowr)

  1. bay, estuary, cove

Etymology 3

Verb

خور (xor)

  1. present stem form of خوردن (xordan, to eat)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

خور (xavar) (dialectal)

  1. Sistan form of خبر (xabar, news)

References

  • Ela Filippone (2011) “The Language of the Qorʾān-e Qods and its Sistanic Dialectal Background”, in M. Maggi, P. Orsatti, editors, The Persian Language in History, Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 179-235