فخور

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Arabic

Root
ف خ ر (f ḵ r)
8 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

فَخُور (faḵūr) (feminine فَخُور (faḵūr) or فَخُورَة (faḵūra), common plural فُخُر (fuḵur), masculine plural فَخُورُونَ (faḵūrūna), feminine plural فَخُورَات (faḵūrāt), elative أَفْخَر (ʔafḵar))

  1. proud
  2. (archaic) vainglorious, boastful, bragging
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:18:
      وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ
      walā tuṣaʕʕir ḵaddaka li-n-nāsi walā tamši fī l-ʔarḍi maraḥan ʔinna l-laha lā yuḥibbu kulla muḵtālin faḵūrin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف خ ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَخُور (faḵūr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.xuːr/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

فخور (faḵūr) (feminine فخورة (faḵūra))

  1. proud

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