اخبار

See also: أخبار‎, إخبار‎, أختار‎, اختار‎, أحبار‎, إجبار‎, and أخباز‎

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Noun

اخبار (axbār)

officer

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَخْبَار‎ (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /axˈbɑːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /axˈbɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /æxˈbɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /axˈbɔɾ/

Rhymes: -âr

Noun

اخبار • (axbâr)

news (plural of ‎ (xabar))
information

Descendants

→ Dogri: अखबार (akhbār)
Hindustani:
→ Hindi: अख़बार (axbār)

→ Urdu: اخبار‎ (axbār)
→ Malvi: अखबार (akhbār)
→ Nepali: अखबार (akhbār)
Punjabi:
→ Gurmukhi script: ਅਖਬਾਰ (akhabār)

→ Punjabi: اخبار‎ (axbār) (semi-learned)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار‎ (ʔaḵbār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əx.bɑːɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /əx.bɑːɾ/
Audio (PK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
Hyphenation: اخ‧بار

Noun

اخبار • (axbār) m (plural اخبارات‎, Hindi spelling अख़बार)

newspaper
(by extension) gazette, journal
(dated or formal) plural of خبر‎ (xabar, “news”)

Related terms

اخبارات‎ (axbārāt)
اخباری تھڑا‎ (axbārī thaṛā)
اخباری‎ (axbārī)
خبر‎ (xabar)

References

“اخبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“اخبار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اخبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

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