فخر

See also: فجر

Arabic

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

Declension

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

فخر (faxr)

  1. honour
  2. pride
  3. glory

Derived terms

References

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fəxɾ/

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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