ख़बर
See also: खबर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian خبر (xabar), from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Compare Punjabi ਖ਼ਬਰ (xabar) / خَبَر (xabar), Nepali खबर (khabar), Gujarati ખબર (khabar), Marathi खबर (khabar), Bengali খবর (khôbôrô), Kannada ಖಬರು (khabaru), Telugu కబురు (kaburu), Assamese খবৰ (khobor).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xə.bəɾ/, /kʰə.bəɾ/
Noun
ख़बर • (xabar) f (Urdu spelling خَبَر)
- news
- Synonym: समाचार (samācār)
- information, intelligence, knowledge
- message, notification
Declension
Declension of ख़बर (fem cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | ख़बर xabar | xabarẽ |
oblique | ख़बर xabar | xabarõ |
vocative | ख़बर xabar | xabaro |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ख़बर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press