آخور

Alternative forms

• آخُر‎ (âxor)

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾhwl (āxwarr, “manger; stable”). Compare Northern Kurdish axur, afirr, Central Kurdish ئاخوڕ‎ (āxurr), Pashto آخور‎ (āxor, “manger, trough; stable, stall”) and Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ախոռ (axoṙ), Georgian ახორი (axori), ახური (axuri), Classical Syriac ܐܟܘܪ‎ (ʾāḵwar). The Iranian word literally means “a place for eating” and ultimately goes back to Proto-Iranian *hwar- (“to eat, consume”), on which see خوردن‎ (xordan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔɒːˈxʷæɾ/, /ʔɒːˈxoɾ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔɒːˈxoɾ/

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Noun

آخور • (âxor) (plural آخورها‎ (âxor-hâ))

1. manger, crib
2. stall
3. stable

References

• “)kwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “آخور” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “āxwarr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ախոռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 99a