kubber

English

Etymology

From Hindi ख़बर (xabar) / Urdu خَبَر‎, from Persian ‎, from Arabic خَبَر‎ (ḵabar).

Noun

kubber (uncountable)

(India, archaic) News.
- 1869, The Broadway, page 44:
  “The kubber is good, Sahib,” replied the veteran, […]

Alternative forms

khabar, khabbar, khubber

Related terms

khabardaar

References

Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “kubber”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 494.
“Kubber” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 211.

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