ف خ ر

ف خ ر

Arabic

Etymology

Owning the lack of Semitic cognates and the narrow meaning, probably denominal from فَخْر‎ (faḵr, “boast”), the originally most common word in the root formula, borrowed from a descendant Proto-Iranian *húHarnah (“splendour, glory”), although it could stand in variation with ف ح ش‎ (f-ḥ-š) as حَفَرَ‎ (ḥafara) with حَفَشَ‎ (ḥafaša).

Root

ف خ ر • (f-ḵ-r)

1. related to vainglory

Derived terms

• Form I: فَخَرَ‎ (faḵara)
  • Verbal noun: فَخْر‎ (faḵr), فَخَار‎ (faḵār)
  • Active participle: فَاخِر‎ (fāḵir)
• Form I: فَخِرَ‎ (faḵira)
  • Verbal noun: فَخَر‎ (faḵar)
  • Active participle: فَاخِر‎ (fāḵir)
• Form II: فَخَّرَ‎ (faḵḵara)
  • Verbal noun: تَفْخِير‎ (tafḵīr)
  • Active participle: مُفَخِّر‎ (mufaḵḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُفَخَّر‎ (mufaḵḵar)
• Form III: فَاخَرَ‎ (fāḵara)
  • Verbal noun: مُفَاخَرَة‎ (mufāḵara), فِخَار‎ (fiḵār)
  • Active participle: مُفَاخِر‎ (mufāḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُفَاخَر‎ (mufāḵar)
• Form IV: أَفْخَرَ‎ (ʾafḵara)
  • Verbal noun: إِفْخَار‎ (ʾifḵār)
  • Active participle: مُفْخِر‎ (mufḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُفْخَر‎ (mufḵar)
• Form V: تَفَخَّرَ‎ (tafaḵḵara)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَخُّر‎ (tafaḵḵur)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَخِّر‎ (mutafaḵḵir)
• Form VI: تَفَاخَرَ‎ (tafāḵara)
  • Verbal noun: تَفَاخُر‎ (tafāḵur)
  • Active participle: مُتَفَاخِر‎ (mutafāḵir)
• Form VIII: اِفْتَخَرَ‎ (iftaḵara)
  • Verbal noun: اِفْتِخَار‎ (iftiḵār)
  • Active participle: مُفْتَخِر‎ (muftaḵir)
• Form X: اِسْتَفْخَرَ‎ (istafḵara)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِفْخَار‎ (istifḵār)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَفْخِر‎ (mustafḵir)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَفْخَر‎ (mustafḵar)

• فَخُور‎ (faḵūr, “great; proudful”)
• فِخْرَة‎ (fiḵra, “manner of glorying”)
• فُخْر‎ (fuḵr), فُخُر‎ (fuḵur, “greatness”)
• فَخِير‎ (faḵīr, “vying in glorying”)
• مَفْخَرَة‎ (mafḵara, “object of pride”)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “ف خ ر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 321–322
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ف خ ر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2349–2350