خفر

Arabic

Root
خ ف ر (ḵ-f-r)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḫapar-. Compare Biblical Hebrew חָפַר (ḥɔp̄ar, to survey, to spy out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.fa.ra/

Verb

خَفَرَ • (ḵafara) I, non-past يَخْفِرُ‎ (yaḵfiru)

  1. to watch, to guard, to protect
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
خ ف ر (ḵ-f-r)

From Proto-Semitic *ḫapar-. Compare Biblical Hebrew חָפֵר (ḥɔp̄er, to be ashamed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.fi.ra/

Verb

خَفِرَ • (ḵafira) I, non-past يَخْفَرُ‎ (yaḵfaru)

  1. to be shy
Usage notes

For most assert that this verb is only used in relation to a woman, and it seems to be seldom, if ever, otherwise used.

Conjugation

References

  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “خفر”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “خفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “خفر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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