"خر" meaning in Persian

See خر in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [xaɾ] [Classical-Persian], [xäɾ] [Dari, formal], [xäɾ] [Dari, formal], [xäɾ] [Kabuli], [xäɾ] (note: Hazaragi), [xæɹ] [Iran, formal], [χäɾ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: xar [romanization], خرها [plural], خران [plural]
Rhymes: -ar Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HMRA /⁠xar⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, “donkey, ass”), from Proto-Iranian *xárah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras. The meaning of something large is presumed to be from the weight-measure خروار (xar-vâr), originally a donkey-load but later even too heavy for a donkey to carry. Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal||sc=Phlv|tr=HMRA|ts=xar}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HMRA /⁠xar⁠/), {{m|pal|sc=Phlv|t=donkey, ass|tr=hl|ts=xar}} [Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, “donkey, ass”), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*xárah}} Proto-Iranian *xárah, {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*kʰáras}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras, {{m|fa|خروار|tr=xar-vâr}} خروار (xar-vâr) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|خرها|or|خران|||f1tr=xar-hâ|f2tr=xarân|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=xar|tr2=|tr3=}} خر • (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân)), {{fa-noun|pl=خرها|pl2=خران|tr=xar}} خر • (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))
  1. (animal name or vulgar) donkey, ass Categories (lifeform): Equids
    Sense id: en-خر-fa-noun-6CvJovbA Disambiguation of Equids: 62 20 18 Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 45 11 44
  2. fool
    Sense id: en-خر-fa-noun-GGefEOUG Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 45 11 44
  3. in compounds meaning big, large
    Sense id: en-خر-fa-noun-4xMKMAYU Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 45 11 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: الاغ (olâğ), درازگوش (derâzguš)
Derived forms: خرک (xarak) (english: little donkey; supporting platform), خرپول (xarpul) (english: rich), خربواز (xar-bevâz), خربیواز (xar-bêvâz) (english: large bat), خرچال (xar-čâl) (english: name of various large birds), خروار (xar-vâr) (english: a unit of weight (since 1926 exactly 300 kg)), خرگوش (xarguš) (english: hare, rabbit; large-ear) [literally], خرخیار (xar-xiyâr) (english: squirting-cucumber), خربنده and خربان (xarbân) (english: ass-driver or ass-owner), خرگه (xargah) (english: large tent), خرخشه (xarxeša, xarxaša) (english: crowd, tumult), خرجسته (xarjasta) (english: war, strife), خرپشته (xar-pošte) (english: gable roof), خرموش (xar-muš) (english: large rat), خرتوت (xar-tut) (english: a large mulberry (= شاهتوت (šâh-tut)))

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "little donkey; supporting platform",
      "roman": "xarak",
      "word": "خرک"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "rich",
      "roman": "xarpul",
      "word": "خرپول"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "xar-bevâz",
      "word": "خربواز"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "large bat",
      "roman": "xar-bêvâz",
      "word": "خربیواز"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "name of various large birds",
      "roman": "xar-čâl",
      "word": "خرچال"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a unit of weight (since 1926 exactly 300 kg)",
      "roman": "xar-vâr",
      "word": "خروار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "hare, rabbit; large-ear",
      "roman": "xarguš",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "خرگوش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "squirting-cucumber",
      "roman": "xar-xiyâr",
      "word": "خرخیار"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ass-driver or ass-owner",
      "roman": "xarbân",
      "word": "خربنده and خربان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "large tent",
      "roman": "xargah",
      "word": "خرگه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "crowd, tumult",
      "roman": "xarxeša, xarxaša",
      "word": "خرخشه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "war, strife",
      "roman": "xarjasta",
      "word": "خرجسته"
    },
    {
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      "english": "gable roof",
      "roman": "xar-pošte",
      "word": "خرپشته"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "large rat",
      "roman": "xar-muš",
      "word": "خرموش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a large mulberry (= شاهتوت (šâh-tut))",
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    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "sc": "Phlv",
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      },
      "expansion": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, “donkey, ass”)",
      "name": "m"
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "خروار",
        "tr": "xar-vâr"
      },
      "expansion": "خروار (xar-vâr)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HMRA /⁠xar⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, “donkey, ass”), from Proto-Iranian *xárah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.\nThe meaning of something large is presumed to be from the weight-measure خروار (xar-vâr), originally a donkey-load but later even too heavy for a donkey to carry.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خرها",
      "roman": "xar-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خران",
      "roman": "xarân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "5": "or",
        "6": "خران",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "xar-hâ",
        "f2tr": "xarân",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "xar",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "خر • (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "خرها",
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        "tr": "xar"
      },
      "expansion": "خر • (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 11 44",
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          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
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            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        "donkey, ass"
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          "donkey",
          "donkey"
        ],
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          "ass"
        ]
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        "(animal name or vulgar) donkey, ass"
      ]
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool"
      ],
      "id": "en-خر-fa-noun-GGefEOUG",
      "links": [
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          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ]
    },
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in compounds meaning big, large"
      ],
      "id": "en-خر-fa-noun-4xMKMAYU"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xaɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xæɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[χäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ar"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "olâğ",
      "word": "الاغ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "derâzguš",
      "word": "درازگوش"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Charwār",
    "fa:خر"
  ],
  "word": "خر"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ar",
    "Rhymes:Persian/ar/1 syllable",
    "fa:Equids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "little donkey; supporting platform",
      "roman": "xarak",
      "word": "خرک"
    },
    {
      "english": "rich",
      "roman": "xarpul",
      "word": "خرپول"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xar-bevâz",
      "word": "خربواز"
    },
    {
      "english": "large bat",
      "roman": "xar-bêvâz",
      "word": "خربیواز"
    },
    {
      "english": "name of various large birds",
      "roman": "xar-čâl",
      "word": "خرچال"
    },
    {
      "english": "a unit of weight (since 1926 exactly 300 kg)",
      "roman": "xar-vâr",
      "word": "خروار"
    },
    {
      "english": "hare, rabbit; large-ear",
      "roman": "xarguš",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "خرگوش"
    },
    {
      "english": "squirting-cucumber",
      "roman": "xar-xiyâr",
      "word": "خرخیار"
    },
    {
      "english": "ass-driver or ass-owner",
      "roman": "xarbân",
      "word": "خربنده and خربان"
    },
    {
      "english": "large tent",
      "roman": "xargah",
      "word": "خرگه"
    },
    {
      "english": "crowd, tumult",
      "roman": "xarxeša, xarxaša",
      "word": "خرخشه"
    },
    {
      "english": "war, strife",
      "roman": "xarjasta",
      "word": "خرجسته"
    },
    {
      "english": "gable roof",
      "roman": "xar-pošte",
      "word": "خرپشته"
    },
    {
      "english": "large rat",
      "roman": "xar-muš",
      "word": "خرموش"
    },
    {
      "english": "a large mulberry (= شاهتوت (šâh-tut))",
      "roman": "xar-tut",
      "word": "خرتوت"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "sc": "Phlv",
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        "ts": "xar"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pal",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "donkey, ass",
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      },
      "expansion": "[Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, “donkey, ass”)",
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    },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "خروار",
        "tr": "xar-vâr"
      },
      "expansion": "خروار (xar-vâr)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (HMRA /⁠xar⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hl /⁠xar⁠/, “donkey, ass”), from Proto-Iranian *xárah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.\nThe meaning of something large is presumed to be from the weight-measure خروار (xar-vâr), originally a donkey-load but later even too heavy for a donkey to carry.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "xar",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خرها",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "خران",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "f1tr": "xar-hâ",
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        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "xar",
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        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "خر • (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "خرها",
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      },
      "expansion": "خر • (xar) (plural خرها (xar-hâ) or خران (xarân))",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "donkey, ass"
      ],
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        "(animal name or vulgar) donkey, ass"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fool"
      ],
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        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in compounds meaning big, large"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[xaɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xäɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xæɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[χäɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ar"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "olâğ",
      "word": "الاغ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "derâzguš",
      "word": "درازگوش"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Charwār",
    "fa:خر"
  ],
  "word": "خر"
}

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