فخر

See also: فجر

Arabic

Root
ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r)

Etymology

From the root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r). See the root for etymology.

Verb

فَخَرَ • (faḵara) I, non-past يَفْخَرُ‎ (yafḵaru)

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud [+ بِ (object)]

Conjugation

Verb

فَخِرَ • (faḵira) I, non-past يَفْخَرُ‎ (yafḵaru)

  1. to glory; to boast; to be proud [+ بِ (object)]

Conjugation

Noun

فَخْر • (faḵr) m

  1. pride, honour, glory
  2. something of high renown or fame
  3. passage of poetry praising a group or individual

Declension

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, honour, pride), the Arabic word itself could be an Iranian borrowing ultimately from Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (splendour, glory). Doublet of فَرّ (farr). See the Arabic root ف خ ر (f-ḵ-r) and Proto-Iranian *huHarnā́h (splendour, glory) for more detailed etymology.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? faxr
Dari reading? faxr
Iranian reading? faxr
Tajik reading? faxr

Noun

فخر • (faxr)

  1. honour
  2. pride
  3. glory

Derived terms

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَخْر (faḵr, honour, pride).

Pronunciation

Noun

فخر • (faxr) m (Hindi spelling फ़ख़्र)

  1. glory
  2. pride

References

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “فخر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “فخر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “فخر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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