اخبار

See also: أخبار‎, إخبار‎, أختار‎, اختار‎, أحبار‎, إجبار‎, and أخباز‎

Brokskat

Noun

اخبار (axbār)

  1. officer

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَخْبَار‎ (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäx.bɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäx.bɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäx.bɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? axbār
Dari reading? axbār
Iranian reading? axbâr
Tajik reading? axbor
  • Rhymes: -âr

Noun

اخبار • (axbâr)

  1. news (plural of خبر‎ (xabar))
  2. information
  3. newspaper

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اخبار‎ (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار‎ (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əx.bɑːɾ/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: اخ‧بار

Noun

اخبار • (axbār) m (formal plural اخبارات‎, Hindi spelling अख़बार)

  1. newspaper
    Synonym: روزنامہ‎ (roznāma)
  2. (by extension) gazette, journal
  3. (dated or formal) plural of خبر‎ (xabar, “news”)

References
  • “اخبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “اخبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اخبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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