See also: حار, جار, چار, and جاز

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
خ و ر (ḵ w r)
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Verb

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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخُورُ (yaḵūru), verbal noun خُوَار (ḵuwār))

  1. to moo, to low (of cattle)
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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخُورُ (yaḵūru), verbal noun خَوَر (ḵawar))

  1. to decrease in strength, to become weak, to languish (of a person)
  2. to dwindle, to flag (of one's strength)
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Etymology 2

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Root
خ ي ر (ḵ y r)
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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخِيرُ (yaḵīru), verbal noun خَيْر (ḵayr) or خِيرَة (ḵīra) or خِيَرَة (ḵiyara))

  1. (transitive) to select, to choose
  2. (transitive) to prefer [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘to someone/something else’]
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خَارَ (ḵāra) I (non-past يَخِيرُ (yaḵīru), verbal noun خَيْر (ḵayr) or خَيَارَة (ḵayāra))

  1. to become wealthy
  2. (transitive) to outdo (someone)
  3. to make good [with فِي () ‘an issue’ and لِ (li) ‘for someone’] (especially of God)
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Mazanderani

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Adjective

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خار (xâr)

  1. well
    ته خار هستی؟te xâr hasti?Are you well?

Persian

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Etymology

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    From Middle Persian thorn (hʾl /⁠xār⁠/), related to Sanskrit खर (khara, sharp, rough, harsh)).[1] Compare Manichaean Middle Persian xʾr (xār).

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    Readings
    Classical reading? xār
    Dari reading? xār
    Iranian reading? xâr
    Tajik reading? xor

    Noun

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    Dari خار
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik хор

    خار (xâr) (plural خارها (xâr-hâ))

    1. thorn
      • c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The tale of Suhrāb”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎[1]:
        ز خاشاک وز خار و شاخ درخت
        یکی آتشی برفروزید سخت
        zi xāšāk w-az xār u šāx-i diraxt
        yakē ātašē barfurōzīd saxt
        With straws, thorns, and tree branches,
        He quickly lit up a fire.
        (Classical Persian romanization)

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    Descendants

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    • Urdu: خار (xār)

    References

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    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 94

    Urdu

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    the Siachen plant with golden خار, extant to the glaciers of northern Pakistan

    Etymology

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    From Classical Persian خار (xār, thorn), from Middle Persian hʾl (xār, thorn).

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    خار (xār? (Hindi spelling ख़ार)

    1. thorn, prickle

    Declension

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        Declension of خار
    singular plural
    direct خار (xār) خار (xār)
    oblique خار (xār) خاروں (xārõ)
    vocative خار (xār) خارو (xāro)

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