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Arabic
Etymology
Past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”)
Adjective
مُخَيَّر • (muḵayyar) (feminine مُخَيَّرَة (muḵayyara), masculine plural مُخَيَّرُونَ (muḵayyarūna), feminine plural مُخَيَّرَات (muḵayyarāt))
- having the choice or option
- (philosophy) having free will
- Antonym: مُسَيَّر (musayyar)
Descendants
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “خير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 309
Further reading
- Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1497, page 120a