खरा
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit खर (khára, “rough, hard, solid, sharp”). Cognate with Punjabi ਖਰਾ (kharā) / کَھرا (kharā), Sindhi کرو / खरो, Gujarati ખરું (kharũ), Marathi खरे (khare), Bengali খরা (khora), Odia ଖରା (kharā), Assamese খৰ (khor).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʰə.ɾɑː/, [kʰɐ.ɾäː]
Adjective
खरा • (kharā) (Urdu spelling کَھرَا)
- (depending on context) pure, genuine, straightforward, plain, upright, frank
- आजकल खरा सोना बहुत महंगा है।
- ājkal kharā sonā bahut mahaṅgā hai.
- Pure gold is very expensive these days.
- मैंने दुश्मन के साथ खरा सौदा पटाया।
- ma͠ine duśman ke sāth kharā saudā paṭāyā.
- I struck a fair deal with my opponent.
- मेरा दोस्त बहुत खरा आदमी है।
- merā dost bahut kharā ādmī hai.
- My friend is a very straightforward person.
Declension
| masculine | feminine | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| direct | खरा kharā |
खरे khare |
खरी kharī |
खरी kharī |
| oblique | खरे khare |
खरे khare |
खरी kharī |
खरी kharī |
| vocative | खरे khare |
खरे khare |
खरी kharī |
खरी kharī |
Synonyms
Antonyms
- खोटा (khoṭā)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “खरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khára2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- kharā (Latin script)
- 𑀔𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- খরা (Bengali script)
- ඛරා (Sinhalese script)
- ခရာ or ၶရႃ (Burmese script)
- ขรา or ขะรา (Thai script)
- ᨡᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຂຣາ or ຂະຣາ (Lao script)
- ខរា (Khmer script)
- 𑄈𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
खरा
- Devanagari script form of kharā, ablative singular & nominative/vocative plural of खर (khara, “donkey”)
- Devanagari script form of kharā, ablative singular of खर (khara, “water”)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- খৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬔᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- খরা (Bengali script)
- 𑰏𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ခရာ (Burmese script)
- ખરા (Gujarati script)
- ਖਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌖𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦑꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂎𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಖರಾ (Kannada script)
- ខរា (Khmer script)
- ຂຣາ (Lao script)
- ഖരാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡘᠠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘏𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠠᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦯𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଖରା (Odia script)
- ꢓꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඛරා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩝𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚋𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- க²ரா (Tamil script)
- ఖరా (Telugu script)
- ขรา (Thai script)
- ཁ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨌𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Adjective
खरा • (kharā)
- inflection of खर (khara, “hard”):
- nominative singular feminine
- sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine
- sandhi form of accusative plural feminine
Noun
खरा • (kharā)
- sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural of खर (khara, “donkey”)