खर

Alternative forms

Noun

खर ?

1. donkey
2. water

Adjective

खर • (khára)

1. hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid (opposed to मृदु and श्लक्ष्ण).
2. solid (opposed to द्रव, fluid).
3. dense (clouds).
4. sharp, hot (wind).
5. hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word).
6. sharp-edged.
7. cruel.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras.

Noun

खर • (khára) m

1. donkey (so called from his cry).
2. mule
3. osprey
4. heron
5. crow
6. thorny plant (sort of prickly nightshade or perhaps Alhagi maurorum) L.
7. name of a fragrant substance.
8. quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (compare ἐσχάρα).
9. a place arranged for building a house upon.
10. name of the 25th year of the sixty years' बृहस्पति cycle.
11. दैत्य or demon
12. name of the असुर धेनुक.
13. name of a रक्षस् slain by राम (younger brother of रावण).
14. name of an attendant of the Sun (= धर्म).
15. name of a रुद्र
16. ‘a she-mule’ » खरी-वात्सल्य.
17. name of one of the mothers in स्कन्द's retinue.

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page {{{1}}}