اخبار
Brokskat
Noun
اخبار (axbār)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔax.ˈbaːr/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäx.bɑ́ːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæx.bɒ́ːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäχ.bɔ́ɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | axbār |
| Dari reading? | axbār |
| Iranian reading? | axbâr |
| Tajik reading? | axbor |
- Rhymes: -ɑːr
Noun
اخبار • (axbār / axbâr) (Tajik spelling ахбор)
- news (plural of خبر (xabar))
- information
- newspaper
- histories, annals
- traditions
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3744:
- خویش را تاویل کن نه اخبار را
مغز را بد گوی نی گلزار را- xwēš rā tā'wīl kun na axbār rā
maġz rā bad gōy na gulzār rā - Alter yourself, not the Traditions (of the Prophet):
abuse your brain, not the rose garden (the true sense).
- xwēš rā tā'wīl kun na axbār rā
Descendants
- → Dogri: अखबार (akhbār)
- → Hindustani:
- → Malvi: अखबार (akhbār)
- → Nepali: अखबार (akhbār)
- → Punjabi:
- → Kazakh: ақпар (aqpar)
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اخبار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَخْبَار (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār).
Noun
اَخبارَ • (axbāra) f
Further reading
- Shirt, George; Thavurdas, Udharam; Mirza, S.F. (1879), “اخبار”, in A Sindhi-English Dictionary, Karachi: Commissioner's Printing Press, page 17
- Sindhi Language Authority (2025), “اخبار”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries[1]
- اخبار on the Sindhi Wikipedia.Wikipedia sd
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَخْبَار (axbār), from Arabic أَخْبَار (ʔaḵbār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əx.bɑːɾ/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
- Hyphenation: اخ‧بار
Noun
اَخْبار • (axbār) m (formal plural اخبارات, Hindi spelling अख़बार)
- newspaper
- Synonym: روزْنامَہ (roznāma)
- (by extension) gazette, journal
- (dated sense or formal) plural of خبر (xabar, “news”)
Related terms
- اخبار نویس (axbār-navīs, “reporter, journalist”)
- اخبار نویسی (axbār-navīsī, “reporting, journalism”)
- خبر (xabar, “news”)
- اخباری (axbārī, “journalistic”)
- اخباری تھڑا (axbārī thaṛā, “news stand”)
References
- “اخبار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اخبار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اخبار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.