خطر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ط ر (ḵ-ṭ-r).

Pronunciation

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Noun

خَطَر (ḵaṭar) m (plural أَخْطَار (ʾaḵṭār))

  1. danger, risk, hazard, peril, jeopardy (عَلَى (ʿalā) to)
  2. calamity
  3. seriousness
  4. importance
  5. eminence, nobility, excellence
  6. rank, station
Declension
Synonyms
  • خُطُورَة (ḵuṭūra)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: xətər
References
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), خطر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خطر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خَطَر (ḵaṭar) m (plural أَخْطَار (ʾaḵṭār) or خِطَار (ḵiṭār) or خُطُر (ḵuṭur))

  1. bet, wager, stake
Declension
References
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), خطر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Adjective

خَطِر (ḵaṭir) (feminine خَطِرَة (ḵaṭira), elative أَخْطَر (ʾaḵṭar))

  1. dangerous
  2. risky
  3. of high authority, highly considered
  4. important, serious
Declension
Synonyms
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), خطر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), خطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Noun

خُطُر (ḵuṭur) m pl

  1. plural of خَطَر (ḵaṭar)

Etymology 4

Adjective

خُطْر (ḵuṭr) m pl

  1. masculine plural of خَطِير (ḵaṭīr)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَطَر (ḵaṭar).

Noun

خطر (xatar)

  1. danger

Derived terms

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