خسارة

See also: جسارة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ س ر (ḵ-s-r). Compare Hebrew חיסרוןחִסָּרוֹן (khisarón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.saː.ra/

Noun

خَسَارَة • (ḵasāra) f (plural خَسَارَات (ḵasārāt) or خَسَائِر (ḵasāʔir))

  1. verbal noun of خَسِرَ (ḵasira, to lose, go astray) (form I)
  2. loss
    1. damage
    2. perdition, death, casualty
    3. abortion, miscarriage
  3. error, deviation from the right way
  4. baseness, ignobleness, ungenerousness, meanness

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xəsarət
  • Swahili: hasara

References

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