فاخر

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف خ ر (f ḵ r)
9 terms

Derived from the active participle of فَخَرَ (faḵara, “to glory in, to boast, to be proud”).

Adjective

فَاخِر • (fāḵir) (feminine فَاخِرَة (fāḵira), elative أَفْخَر (ʔafḵar))

  1. proud, boasting
  2. outstanding, excellent, prime, superb, magnificent
  3. precious, costly
  4. delightful, delicious
  5. luxurious

Declension

Declension of adjective فَاخِر (fāḵir)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal فَاخِر
fāḵir 		الْفَاخِر
al-fāḵir 		فَاخِرَة
fāḵira 		الْفَاخِرَة
al-fāḵira
nominative فَاخِرٌ
fāḵirun 		الْفَاخِرُ
al-fāḵiru 		فَاخِرَةٌ
fāḵiratun 		الْفَاخِرَةُ
al-fāḵiratu
accusative فَاخِرًا
fāḵiran 		الْفَاخِرَ
al-fāḵira 		فَاخِرَةً
fāḵiratan 		الْفَاخِرَةَ
al-fāḵirata
genitive فَاخِرٍ
fāḵirin 		الْفَاخِرِ
al-fāḵiri 		فَاخِرَةٍ
fāḵiratin 		الْفَاخِرَةِ
al-fāḵirati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal فَاخِرَيْن
fāḵirayn 		الْفَاخِرَيْن
al-fāḵirayn 		فَاخِرَتَيْن
fāḵiratayn 		الْفَاخِرَتَيْن
al-fāḵiratayn
nominative فَاخِرَانِ
fāḵirāni 		الْفَاخِرَانِ
al-fāḵirāni 		فَاخِرَتَانِ
fāḵiratāni 		الْفَاخِرَتَانِ
al-fāḵiratāni
accusative فَاخِرَيْنِ
fāḵirayni 		الْفَاخِرَيْنِ
al-fāḵirayni 		فَاخِرَتَيْنِ
fāḵiratayni 		الْفَاخِرَتَيْنِ
al-fāḵiratayni
genitive فَاخِرَيْنِ
fāḵirayni 		الْفَاخِرَيْنِ
al-fāḵirayni 		فَاخِرَتَيْنِ
fāḵiratayni 		الْفَاخِرَتَيْنِ
al-fāḵiratayni
plural masculine feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal ? ? فَاخِرَات
fāḵirāt 		الْفَاخِرَات
al-fāḵirāt
nominative ? ? فَاخِرَاتٌ
fāḵirātun 		الْفَاخِرَاتُ
al-fāḵirātu
accusative ? ? فَاخِرَاتٍ
fāḵirātin 		الْفَاخِرَاتِ
al-fāḵirāti
genitive ? ? فَاخِرَاتٍ
fāḵirātin 		الْفَاخِرَاتِ
al-fāḵirāti

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “فاخر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فخر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَاخِر (fāḵir).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? fāxir
Dari reading? fāxir
Iranian reading? fâxer
Tajik reading? foxir

Adjective

فاخر • (fāxir / fâxer) (Tajik spelling фохир)

  1. outstanding, excellent, prime, superb, magnificent

Further reading

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