آخور

See also: أجوز and أجور

Persian

Alternative forms

آخُر (âxor)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾhwl /⁠āxwarr⁠/, “manger; stable”). Compare Northern Kurdish axur, afirr, Central Kurdish ئاخوڕ (axurr), 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 (xwardan).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈxʷaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈxʊɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈxʊɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ˈxuɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ˈxoɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ˈχuɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	āxwar
Dari reading^?	āxur
Iranian reading^?	âxor
Tajik reading^?	oxur

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	آخور
Dari	آخور
Tajik	охур

آخور • (âxor) (plural آخورها)

manger, crib
stall
stable
Synonyms: طویله (tavile), اصطبل (establ), آخورگاه (âxorgâh), آغل (âġol), (Dari) منگر

Derived terms

آخورسالار (âxorsâlâr)
آخورچه (âxorče)
آخورچوب (âxorčub)
آخورچی (âxorči)
آخورگاه (âxorgâh)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: axur
→ Chagatai: [script needed] (axor)
→ Gulf Arabic: ياخور (yāḵūr)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: आख़ोर (āxor)

Urdu: آخور (āxor)
→ Ottoman Turkish: آخور (ahur, ahır)
- Turkish: ahır, (dialectal) ahor, ahar
- → Albanian: ahur
- → Armenian: ախըռ (axəṙ)
- → Bulgarian: яхъ́р (jahǎ́r)
- → Crimean Tatar: ahır
- → Greek: αχούρι (achoúri)
- → Laz: ახირი (axiri)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ахар
  
  Latin script: ahar

References

“ˀkwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “آخور”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “āxwarr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ախոռ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 99a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (āxwar).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.xoːɾ/
Rhymes: -oːɾ

Noun

آخور • (āxor) m (Hindi spelling आख़ोर)

Adjective

آخور • (āxor) (Hindi spelling आख़ोर)

worthless, useless

References

“آخور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“آخور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Yidgha

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آخور (āxor), from Persian (âxor).

Noun

آخور (āxor)

cattle feeding place

References

https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Yidgha-Wordlist.pdf