مخبر

Arabic

Root
خ ب ر (ḵ b r)
11 terms

Pronunciation

(noun 1): IPA^(key): /max.bar/
(noun 2): IPA^(key): /mux.bir/

Etymology 1

Noun

مَخْبَر • (maḵbar) m (plural مَخابِر (maḵābir))

synonym of مُخْتَبَر (muḵtabar, “laboratory”)

Etymology 2

Active participle of أَخْبَرَ (ʔaḵbara, “to inform, to notify; to communicate, to report”).

Noun

مُخْبِر • (muḵbir) m (plural مُخْبِرُون (muḵbirūn), feminine مُخْبِرة (muḵbira))

informant, informer

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: müxbir
→ Crimean Tatar: mühbir
→ Northern Kurdish: muxbîr
→ Ottoman Turkish: مخبر (muḫbir)
> Turkish: muhbir (inherited)
→ Uyghur: مۇخبىر (muxbir)
→ Uzbek: muxbir

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مبخر, with metathesis.

Noun

مخبر • (muḵbar) m (plural مخابر (maḵābir))

incense burner

References

Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 109
Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 970